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響

简响 · 繁響

Mandarin · pinyin xiǎng

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響: Look up this written character
响: xiǎng · make sound, make noise; sound

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3 · xiang3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hoeng2

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

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character · Etymology 1

to make a sound; to make a noise
(of sounds) loud and clear; resonant
famous; reputable
having a great impact
sound
echo
news; messages
(Cantonese) to say; to tell; to declare
Classifier for sounds.

character · Etymology 2

(Cantonese) to be at
(Cantonese) at; in

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