See Liu on Wiktionary
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},
{
"note": "from Mandarin 劉",
"other": "/ˈlu/",
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"surname"
]
},
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"enpr": "lyō",
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"tags": [
"surname"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈliu̯/",
"tags": [
"Hong-Kong"
]
},
{
"homophone": "lew"
},
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},
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"homophone": "lue (without yod-dropping)"
}
],
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"lang_code": "yue",
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"sense": "surname 劉/刘",
"word": "劉 /刘"
},
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"lang_code": "hak",
"sense": "surname 劉/刘",
"word": "劉 /刘"
},
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"sense": "surname 劉/刘",
"word": "劉 /刘"
},
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"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "surname 劉/刘",
"word": "Liu"
},
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"lang_code": "id",
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"word": "Liu"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "surname 劉/刘",
"word": "Lưu"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "surname 劉/刘",
"word": "劉"
},
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"code": "za",
"lang": "Zhuang",
"lang_code": "za",
"sense": "surname 劉/刘",
"word": "Liuz"
}
],
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}
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