See 惡乎 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "wu¹ fu⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/wuː⁵⁵ fuː²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "'u hu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh-pron": "/*qaː ɢaː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/u⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/wuː⁵⁵ fuː²¹/"
},
{
"other": "/*qaː ɢaː/"
}
],
"word": "惡乎"
}
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{
"called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
"msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
"path": [
"惡乎"
],
"section": "Chinese",
"subsection": "",
"title": "惡乎",
"trace": ""
}
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