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齏

简齑 · 繁齏

Mandarin · pinyin jī

finely chopped meat or vegetables
powdered or fragmentary

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齏: Look up this written character
齑: jī · break or smash into pieces, pulverize; hash

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

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(literary) to break or smash into pieces; to pulverize
(literary) finely chopped ginger, garlic, etc.
(literary) pickled vegetables

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