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鍛鍊

简锻炼 · 繁鍛鍊

Cantonese · source Jyutpingdyun3 lin6

to train; to refine; to forge; to workout

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

dyun33 · mid levellin66 · low level

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Same syllable, six tones

dyun耑dyun1start 短dyun2short 锻dyun3to forgedyun4—dyun5—断dyun6to break

linlin1—lin2—lin3—连lin4to link 撵lin5链lin6chain

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

鍛鍊锻炼

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CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

鍛鍊 duàn liàn CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto toughen; to temper; to engage in physical exercise; to work out; (fig.) to develop one's skills; to train oneself

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: duan4 lian4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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