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蹲

Mandarin · pinyin cún#

(dialect) to sprain one's foot or leg due to a sudden impact or landing

Mandarin · pinyin dūn#

to crouch
to squat
to stay (somewhere)

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蹲: dūn · squat, crouch; idle about

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cyun4 · deon1 · zeon1

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

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character · Etymology 1

to squat; to crouch
(figurative) to stay (somewhere); to remain idle (in a place)
(regional or dialectal) to live; to live in
(regional or dialectal, by extention) to be at
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to sit
(FPS game)to camp
(Internet slang) to wait

character · Etymology 2

(dialectal) to sprain one's leg by landing abruptly

character · Etymology 3

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 蹲蹲 (“dancing rhythmically”)

character · Etymology 4

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to gather; to assemble

character · Etymology 5

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 躦 /躜 (zuān), only used in 蹲𧿙

character · Etymology 6

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 蹲循 and 蹲節／蹲节

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