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逢

Mandarin · pinyin féng

to meet by chance
to come across
(of a calendar event) to come along
(of an event) to fall on (a particular day)
to fawn upon

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逢: féng · come upon, happen meet; flatter

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2 · feng2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fung4 · pung4

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

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character · Etymology 1

to meet with; to encounter
to meet face-to-face
(literary) to pander to
(obsolete) big
a surname
(Eastern Min) any

character · Etymology 2

(obsolete) used in 逢逢 (“sound of drums”)
(obsolete) alternative form of 蓬 (péng)

character · Etymology 3

a surname

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