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送

Mandarin · pinyin sòng

to send; to deliver; to transmit
to give (as a present)
to see (sb) off
to accompany; to go along with

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送: sòng · see off, send off; dispatch, give

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4 · song4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sung3

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

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to see someone off
to send; to dispatch; to deliver
to give; to offer; to gift
to lose; to sacrifice
(Cantonese) to accompany (a staple food, medicine, drinks, etc.)
a surname: Song

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