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黨

简 党 · 繁 黨
Mandarin · pinyin dǎng#

Meanings · dǎng

  1. party
  2. association
  3. club
  4. society
  5. Classifier: 個 gè
Mandarin · pinyin Dǎng#

Meanings · Dǎng

  1. surname Dang
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黨
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党
dǎng · political party, gang, faction
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3 · dang3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dong2 · tong2

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

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character · Etymology 1

  1. community; fellow community member
  2. gang; faction
  3. (politics) party
  4. (politics) party — (for one-party states, in press releases or official media) the ruling party — (chiefly Mainland China, specifically) the Communist Party of China
  5. (politics) party — (for one-party states, in press releases or official media) the ruling party — (Vietnam, specifically) Communist Party of Vietnam
  6. (politics) party — (for one-party states, in press releases or official media) the ruling party — (Wa State, specifically) United Wa State Party
  7. (Hong Kong, used as suffix) a group or class of people with negative attribute, or a member of it
  8. (used as suffix in Internet slang) a group or class of people, or a member of it
  9. a surname

character · Etymology 2

  1. (ancient Chu dialect) to know

character · Etymology 3

  1. (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 倘 (tǎng)

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