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赧

Mandarin · pinyin nǎn

blushing with shame

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赧: nǎn · blush, turn red

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3 · nan3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

naan2 · naan5

Cantonese word readings for 赧. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

(literary) blushing because of shame

character · Etymology 2

(Cantonese) inflammation on the skin resulting from an insect bite or an illness

character · Etymology 3

(Teochew) alternative form of 咱 (“(inclusive) we; us”)

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