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遹

Mandarin · pinyin yù#

follow
in accordance with

Mandarin · pinyin Yù#

surname Yu

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遹: yù · comply with, obey; shun, avoid

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4 · yu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jyut6 · leot6 · wat6

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(obsolete) to go awry
(obsolete) perverse
(archaic) to follow; to comply with; to adhere to
(Classical) Meaningless sentence-initial particle.
a surname

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(Taiwanese and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to stop by somewhere for a short time and walk around

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