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鼻
Mandarin · pinyin bí
Meanings
- nose
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- 鼻
- bí · nose; first; Kangxi radical 209
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Mandarin tones
2 · bi2
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 8 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
bat6 · bei6
Cantonese word readings for 鼻. 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.
character
- (anatomy) nose (Classifier: 個／个 c; 支 mn)
- nose-like object, protruding part — handle
- nose-like object, protruding part — pinhole
- nose-like object, protruding part — (geography) cape
- initial; founding; beginning; original
- (dialectal) nasal mucus; snot
- (archaic or Hakka, Min) to smell
- (Northern Min, including Songxi Northern Min, Shibei) to kiss
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