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顧
简 顾 · 繁 顧Characters in this entry
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Mandarin tones
4 · gu4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gu3
Cantonese word readings for 顧. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to turn around and look; to look back
- to look at
- to visit; to call on
- to patronize
- to take into consideration; to consider
- to look after; to take care of; to attend to
- to treasure; to care for
- (literary) but
- (literary) on the contrary; instead
- a surname
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