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齒

简齿 · 繁齒

Mandarin · pinyin chǐ

(bound form) tooth
(bound form) to regard as worthy of mention

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齒: Look up this written character
齿: chǐ · teeth; gears, cogs; age; simplified form of the Kangxi radical 211

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(anatomy) tooth
(figurative) tooth- or zigzag-like thing, such as a sawtooth, cogwheel, or fern
(figurative) age (of a person or animal)
to juxtapose; to put side by side
to utter; to mention
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to employ; to take in
(dialectal) to touch; to be in contact with
(Xiang) pay attention, to be concerned with

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