"但" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /tän⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /taːn²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰan⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /tʰan³¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /tɑŋ²¹³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /tan⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /tan²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /tan³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Taipei], /nã²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /nã⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /nã³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Taipei], /taŋ³⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /tän⁵¹/, /taːn²²/, /tʰan⁵⁵/, /tʰan³¹/, /tɑŋ²¹³/, /tan⁴¹/, /tan²²/, /tan³³/, /nã²²/, /nã⁴¹/, /nã³³/, /taŋ³⁵/, /te³⁴/ Chinese transliterations: dàn [Mandarin, Pinyin], dan⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄉㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], daan⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], than [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], thán [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], dáng, tān [Hokkien, POJ], nā [Hokkien, POJ], dang⁶ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁵te, dàn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], dàn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tan⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], dàn [Mandarin, Yale], dann [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], дань [Mandarin, Palladius], danʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], daahn [Cantonese, Yale], daan⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], dan⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], than [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], thán [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], tan [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], tan` [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], tan⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], tan³ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], dáng [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], tān [Hokkien, Tai-lo], dan [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], nā [Hokkien, Tai-lo], na [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], tăng [POJ, Teochew], ⁵te [Wu], te^去 [Wu], ²te [Wu], /te³⁴/ [Wu], dan [Middle-Chinese], danX [Middle-Chinese], danH [Middle-Chinese], /*[d]ˤa[n]ʔ/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*daːn/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang], /*daːnʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang], /*daːns/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(d/t)a(n/j) (“single; one; whole; only”). Cognate with 單 (OC *taːn, “single”). Etymology templates: {{inh|zh|sit-pro|*(d/t)a(n/j)||single; one; whole; only}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(d/t)a(n/j) (“single; one; whole; only”), {{och-l|單|single|id=1}} 單 (OC *taːn, “single”) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 但
  1. only
    Sense id: en-但-zh-character--QWxlULt
  2. but; however; yet; still
    Sense id: en-但-zh-character-4Tb906FP
  3. a surname
    Sense id: en-但-zh-character-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Chinese surnames, Chinese prepositions Disambiguation of Chinese prepositions: 17 19 43 21
  4. (Protestantism) Dan Categories (topical): Protestantism Synonyms (Dan): (dān) [Catholicism, Christianity]
    Sense id: en-但-zh-character-sSWVZ7ii Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms in nonstandard scripts, Eastern Min prepositions, Elementary Mandarin Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 4 3 14 79 Disambiguation of Chinese terms in nonstandard scripts: 7 5 9 79 Disambiguation of Eastern Min prepositions: 3 3 18 76 Disambiguation of Elementary Mandarin: 21 3 27 48 Topics: Christianity, Protestantism Disambiguation of 'Dan': 1 0 3 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 不但 (bùdàn), 但云, 何但, 但使, 但係, 但系, 但凡 (dànfán), 但店 (Dàndiàn), 但得, 但是 (dànshì), 但曲, 但書 (dànshū), 但书 (dànshū), 但有 (dànyǒu), 但歌, 但民, 但求塞責, 但求塞责, 但求如願, 但求如愿, 但澤 (Dànzé), 但泽 (Dànzé), 但聞 (dànwén), 但闻 (dànwén), 但須, 但须, 但願 (dànyuàn), 但愿 (dànyuàn), 可但, 撒但 (Sādàn), 撒但教 (Sādànjiào), 格但斯克 (Gédànsīkè), 豈但 (qǐdàn), 岂但 (qǐdàn), 非但 (fēidàn)

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      "roman": "bùdàn",
      "word": "不但"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "但云"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "何但"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "但使"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "但係"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "但系"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dànfán",
      "word": "但凡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Dàndiàn",
      "word": "但店"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "但得"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dànshì",
      "word": "但是"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "但曲"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dànshū",
      "word": "但書"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dànshū",
      "word": "但书"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "dànyǒu",
      "word": "但有"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "但歌"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "但民"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "但求塞責"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "但求塞责"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "但求如願"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "但求如愿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Dànzé",
      "word": "但澤"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Dànzé",
      "word": "但泽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dànwén",
      "word": "但聞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dànwén",
      "word": "但闻"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "但須"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "但须"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dànyuàn",
      "word": "但願"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dànyuàn",
      "word": "但愿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "可但"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Sādàn",
      "word": "撒但"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Sādànjiào",
      "word": "撒但教"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Gédànsīkè",
      "word": "格但斯克"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qǐdàn",
      "word": "豈但"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qǐdàn",
      "word": "岂但"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "fēidàn",
      "word": "非但"
    }
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        "2": "sit-pro",
        "3": "*(d/t)a(n/j)",
        "4": "",
        "5": "single; one; whole; only"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(d/t)a(n/j) (“single; one; whole; only”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "單",
        "2": "single",
        "id": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "單 (OC *taːn, “single”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(d/t)a(n/j) (“single; one; whole; only”). Cognate with 單 (OC *taːn, “single”).",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "但",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to only hope",
          "roman": "dàn qiú",
          "text": "但求",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "only"
      ],
      "id": "en-但-zh-character--QWxlULt",
      "links": [
        [
          "only",
          "only"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "but",
          "roman": "dànshì",
          "text": "但是",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "This type of situation is rare, but it may still happen.",
          "ref": "這種情況很少見,但也不是不會發生。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "这种情况很少见,但也不是不会发生。 [MSC, simp.]\nZhè zhǒng qíngkuàng hěn shàojiàn, dàn yě bùshì bùhuì fāshēng. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "but; however; yet; still"
      ],
      "id": "en-但-zh-character-4Tb906FP",
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ],
        [
          "however",
          "however"
        ],
        [
          "yet",
          "yet"
        ],
        [
          "still",
          "still"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 19 43 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "id": "en-但-zh-character-v2O7m9sM",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Protestantism",
          "orig": "zh:Protestantism",
          "parents": [
            "Christianity",
            "Abrahamism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 3 14 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 5 9 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms in nonstandard scripts",
          "parents": [
            "Terms in nonstandard scripts",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 18 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Eastern Min prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 3 27 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Elementary Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Dan"
      ],
      "id": "en-但-zh-character-sSWVZ7ii",
      "links": [
        [
          "Protestantism",
          "Protestantism"
        ],
        [
          "Dan",
          "Dan"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Protestantism) Dan"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 3 96",
          "roman": "dān",
          "sense": "Dan",
          "topics": [
            "Catholicism",
            "Christianity"
          ],
          "word": "丹"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity",
        "Protestantism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "daan⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "than"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thán"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "dáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dang⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵te"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "дань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "danʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tän⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "daahn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "daan⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dan⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taːn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "than"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tan`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tan³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰan⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰan³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dáng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tan⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tan²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tan³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "na"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nã²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nã⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nã³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tăng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵te"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "te^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²te"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/te³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "danX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "danH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[d]ˤa[n]ʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*daːn/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*daːnʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*daːns/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tän⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taːn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰan⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰan³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tan⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tan²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tan³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nã²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nã⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nã³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taŋ³⁵/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/te³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[d]"
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    {
      "other": "[n]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*daːn/"
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      "other": "/*daːnʔ/"
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    "Chinese adverbs",
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    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese prepositions",
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      "roman": "bùdàn",
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    {
      "word": "但云"
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      "word": "何但"
    },
    {
      "word": "但使"
    },
    {
      "word": "但係"
    },
    {
      "word": "但系"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dànfán",
      "word": "但凡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Dàndiàn",
      "word": "但店"
    },
    {
      "word": "但得"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dànshì",
      "word": "但是"
    },
    {
      "word": "但曲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dànshū",
      "word": "但書"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dànshū",
      "word": "但书"
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      "roman": "dànyǒu",
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    {
      "word": "但歌"
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    {
      "word": "但民"
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      "word": "但求塞責"
    },
    {
      "word": "但求塞责"
    },
    {
      "word": "但求如願"
    },
    {
      "word": "但求如愿"
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      "roman": "Dànzé",
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    },
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    {
      "roman": "dànwén",
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    },
    {
      "word": "但須"
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    {
      "word": "但须"
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      "roman": "dànyuàn",
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    },
    {
      "word": "可但"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Sādàn",
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    },
    {
      "roman": "Sādànjiào",
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      "roman": "Gédànsīkè",
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      "roman": "qǐdàn",
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    {
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "dàn"
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    },
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      "tags": [
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        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "дань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "tags": [
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    {
      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "daan⁶"
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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        "Phak-fa-su",
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    {
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        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
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      "tags": [
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        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
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        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
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        "Miaoli",
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        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
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        "Zhangzhou"
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        "Taipei"
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