"娥" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /ˀɤ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ŋɔː²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /ŋo¹¹/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /ŋo⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /ŋo⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /kɒ¹³/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /ŋɔ̃²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /ŋɔ̃²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /ŋɔ̃¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /ŋɔ̃²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /ŋɔ̃²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /ŋo⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ˀɤ³⁵/, /ŋɔː²¹/, /ŋo¹¹/, /ŋo⁵⁵/, /ŋo⁵³/, /kɒ¹³/, /ŋɔ̃²⁴/, /ŋɔ̃²⁴/, /ŋɔ̃¹³/, /ŋɔ̃²⁴/, /ŋɔ̃²³/, /ŋo⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: é [Mandarin, Pinyin], e² [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄜˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ngo⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ngò [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], ngo [Hailu, Hakka], ngò̤, gor², ngô͘ [Hokkien, POJ], ngo⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], é [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], é [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], o² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], é [Mandarin, Yale], er [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], э [Mandarin, Palladius], e [Mandarin, Palladius], ngo⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], ngòh [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], ngo⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], ngo⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], ngò [Hakka, Phak-fa-su], ngo^ˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], ngo² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka], ngo [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], ngò̤ [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], gor² [Puxian-Min], ngôo [Hokkien, Tai-lo], ngoo [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ngô [POJ, Teochew], nga [Middle-Chinese], /*ŋaːl/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ŋaːl): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ) Etymology templates: {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *ŋaːl}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ŋaːl), {{Han compound|女|我|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc|t1=woman}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ŋaːl): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 娥
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) good; beautiful
    Sense id: en-娥-zh-character-duOVWIDg
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) beautiful woman
    Sense id: en-娥-zh-character-kpON9dAZ
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, Chinese mythology) Short for 娥皇 (Éhuáng, “Ehuang”). Tags: Chinese, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 娥皇 (extra: Éhuáng, “Ehuang”) Categories (topical): Chinese mythology
    Sense id: en-娥-zh-character-ADq8nu2n Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 0 5 39 41 6 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 3 43 44 4 6 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, Chinese mythology) Short for 嫦娥 (Cháng'é, “Chang'e, the Chinese goddess of the moon”). Tags: Chinese, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 嫦娥 (extra: Cháng'é, “Chang'e, the Chinese goddess of the moon”) Categories (topical): Chinese mythology
    Sense id: en-娥-zh-character-KOxCL3AC Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese hanzi, Eastern Min hanzi, Middle Chinese hanzi, Old Chinese hanzi, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 0 2 36 47 7 8 Disambiguation of Chinese hanzi: 0 6 29 58 2 4 Disambiguation of Eastern Min hanzi: 0 2 33 52 3 10 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese hanzi: 0 1 28 64 0 6 Disambiguation of Old Chinese hanzi: 0 1 29 63 0 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 0 5 39 41 6 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 3 43 44 4 6 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) eyebrow
    Sense id: en-娥-zh-character-D-d6WQ89
  6. a surname
    Sense id: en-娥-zh-character-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Chinese surnames, Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 0 5 39 41 6 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 姮娥 (Héng'é), 娥妝, 娥妆, 娥姣, 娥娥, 娙娥, 𫰛娥, 娥皇 (Éhuáng), 娥眉 (éméi), 娥輪, 娥轮, 嫦娥 (Cháng'é), 嫦娥奔月, 嬌娥 (jiāo'é), 娇娥 (jiāo'é), 宮娥, 宫娥, 常娥 (Cháng'é), 曹娥江 (Cáo'éjiāng), 曹娥碑, 月娥, 月裡嫦娥, 月里嫦娥, 湘娥, 竇娥冤, 窦娥冤, 粉娥, 素娥 (Sù'é), 羲娥, 青娥 (qīng'é), 鬧娥, 闹娥
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      "roman": "Héng'é",
      "word": "姮娥"
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    {
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      "word": "娥妝"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "娥妆"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "娥姣"
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    {
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "𫰛娥"
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      "roman": "Éhuáng",
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      "roman": "Cháng'é",
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      "word": "嫦娥奔月"
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      "roman": "jiāo'é",
      "word": "嬌娥"
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    {
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    {
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      "word": "月里嫦娥"
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    {
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      "word": "湘娥"
    },
    {
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      "word": "竇娥冤"
    },
    {
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      "word": "窦娥冤"
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    {
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      "word": "粉娥"
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      "roman": "Sù'é",
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      "roman": "qīng'é",
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        "(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) beautiful woman"
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      "glosses": [
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      "id": "en-娥-zh-character-D-d6WQ89",
      "links": [
        [
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          "eyebrow"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) eyebrow"
      ]
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        "a surname"
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          "surname",
          "surname"
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      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "é"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "e²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄜˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngo⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngo"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ngò̤"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "gor²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngô͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngo⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "é"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "é"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "o²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "é"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "er"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "э"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "e"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngo⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngòh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngo⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɔː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngo^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngo²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋo¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋo⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngò̤"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋo⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gor²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɒ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngôo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngoo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɔ̃²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɔ̃²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɔ̃¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɔ̃²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ŋɔ̃²³/",
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        "POJ",
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      ],
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    },
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      ],
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    },
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        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
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      "ipa": "/ˀɤ³⁵/"
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      "ipa": "/ŋɔː²¹/"
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      "ipa": "/ŋo¹¹/"
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      "ipa": "/ŋo⁵⁵/"
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      "ipa": "/ŋo⁵³/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/kɒ¹³/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ŋɔ̃²⁴/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ŋɔ̃²⁴/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ŋɔ̃¹³/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ŋɔ̃²⁴/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ŋɔ̃²³/"
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      "ipa": "/ŋo⁵⁵/"
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      "word": "娥妆"
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      "word": "娥姣"
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    {
      "word": "娥娥"
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      "word": "娙娥"
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    {
      "word": "𫰛娥"
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      "roman": "éméi",
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      "word": "娥轮"
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      "word": "嫦娥奔月"
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      "roman": "jiāo'é",
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      "word": "宫娥"
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      "roman": "Cáo'éjiāng",
      "word": "曹娥江"
    },
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      "word": "曹娥碑"
    },
    {
      "word": "月娥"
    },
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      "word": "月裡嫦娥"
    },
    {
      "word": "月里嫦娥"
    },
    {
      "word": "湘娥"
    },
    {
      "word": "竇娥冤"
    },
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      "word": "窦娥冤"
    },
    {
      "word": "粉娥"
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      "roman": "Sù'é",
      "word": "素娥"
    },
    {
      "word": "羲娥"
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    {
      "roman": "qīng'é",
      "word": "青娥"
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      "word": "鬧娥"
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        "eyebrow"
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        ]
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      "qualifier": "obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese",
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        "(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) eyebrow"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "e²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄜˊ"
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "Jyutping"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
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      "zh-pron": "ngò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka"
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      "zh-pron": "ngo"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ngò̤"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "gor²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngô͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngo⁵"
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "Mandarin"
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    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "é"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "o²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "é"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "er"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "э"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˀɤ³⁵/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngòh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "ngo⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ŋɔː²¹/",
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
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      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
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    },
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        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
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    },
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        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngo"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ŋo⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngò̤"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋo⁵³/",
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        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
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      "zh-pron": "gor²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɒ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngôo"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngoo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɔ̃²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɔ̃²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɔ̃¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɔ̃²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɔ̃²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
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        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋo⁵⁵/",
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        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nga"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ŋaːl/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˀɤ³⁵/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ŋɔː²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋo¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋo⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋo⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɒ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɔ̃²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɔ̃²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɔ̃¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɔ̃²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɔ̃²³/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ŋo⁵⁵/"
    },
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    }
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 娥 meaning in Chinese (7.4kB)

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