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顫巍

简颤巍 · 繁顫巍

Mandarin · pinyin chàn wēi

see 顫巍巍 chàn wēi wēi

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巍: wēi · high, lofty, majestic, eminent
颤: chàn · shiver, tremble; trembling

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4–1 · chan4 wei1

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zin3 ngai4

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

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