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遺

简遗 · 繁遺

Mandarin · pinyin yí

(bound form) to leave behind

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遺: Look up this written character
遗: yí · lose; articles lost; omit

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2 · yi2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

wai4 · wai6

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

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to lose; to lose track of
to omit; to leave out
to abandon; to forgo; to abolish; to annul
to forget; to fail to remember
to lack; to be short of
to leave behind; to leave over; to hand down
to bequeath; to leave behind at one's death; to leave in will
left by the deceased
to emit; to discharge (involuntarily)
something lost; lost articles; lost property

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(literary) to bestow; to offer as a gift
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to hand over; to turn over; to pay

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