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鎖定
简 锁定 · 繁 鎖定Mandarin · pinyin suǒ dìng
Meanings
- to lock (a door)
- to close with a latch
- to lock into place
- a lock
- a latch
- to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten)
- to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection)
- to focus attention on
- to target
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3–4 · suo3 ding4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
so2 ding6
Cantonese word readings for 鎖定. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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verb
- to lock (a computer file, computer by password protection, etc.)
- to lock into place; to lock in; to secure; to fix
- to focus attention on; to target
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