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邪

Mandarin · pinyin xié

demonic
iniquitous
nefarious
evil
unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine)
(coll.) strange
abnormal

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邪: xié · wrong, evil, depraved, vicious, perverse, heterodox

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2 · xie2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ce4 · je4

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

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wrong; evil; depraved; vicious; perverse; heterodox
unnatural; strange
disaster; calamity
(traditional Chinese medicine) unwholesome environmental factor; pathogenetic factor
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 斜 (“tilted; inclined”)
(～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 邪 (MC yae)

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(alt-of, alternative) only used in 琅邪, alternative form of 琅琊 (Lángyá)

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 耶 (sentence-final interrogative particle)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) The chant of labourers used for synchronized pulling, lifting, etc., similar to heigh-ho.

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 徐 (xú, “slow”)

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 餘 /余 (“remainder; remaining days”)

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only used in 歸邪／归邪

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