See 老是 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"tags": [
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"word": "惦惦"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"POJ"
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"Wu",
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],
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"Pinyin"
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"toneless-final-syllable-variant"
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{
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"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "lao³-shih⁵"
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{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "lǎu-shr"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
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"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
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],
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{
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],
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]
},
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"homophone": "老是",
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],
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese"
]
},
{
"homophone": "老視",
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"Traditional-Chinese",
"Mandarin",
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},
{
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"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
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{
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"Guangzhou",
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"Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "lou⁵ xi⁶"
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"Cantonese",
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"Hong Kong"
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]
},
{
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"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou",
"POJ"
],
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},
{
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"Quanzhou",
"Tai-lo"
],
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},
{
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"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou",
"POJ"
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},
{
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"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "láu-sī"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "lawsi"
},
{
"ipa": "/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²²/",
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"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou",
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},
{
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"Northern",
"Shanghai"
],
"zh_pron": "⁶lau-zy"
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{
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"Wu",
"Northern",
"Shanghai"
],
"zh_pron": "lau^去 zy"
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{
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"Northern",
"Shanghai",
"Wiktionary-specific",
"romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "³lau-zr"
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{
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"Northern",
"Shanghai",
"Sinological-IPA"
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{
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},
{
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
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"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
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},
{
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
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},
{
"ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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},
{
"ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʂʐ̩⁴/",
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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{
"homophone": "老事",
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"Standard-Chinese"
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{
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],
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese"
]
},
{
"homophone": "老是",
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"Standard-Chinese"
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},
{
"homophone": "老視",
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{
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{
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
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"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
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"zh_pron": "lou⁵ si⁶"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
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"tags": [
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"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
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"zh_pron": "lóuh sih"
},
{
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"Guangzhou",
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"Guangzhou",
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],
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},
{
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"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Guangzhou"
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},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou"
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},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou"
]
},
{
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"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou",
"POJ"
],
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{
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"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou",
"Tai-lo"
],
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},
{
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"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou",
"IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou",
"POJ"
],
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},
{
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"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou",
"Tai-lo"
],
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{
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"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
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},
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"Shanghai",
"Wiktionary-specific",
"romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "³lau-zr"
},
{
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"Northern",
"Shanghai",
"Sinological-IPA"
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],
"word": "總是"
},
{
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"Northeastern-Mandarin",
"Singapore"
],
"word": "總是"
},
{
"tags": [
"Southwestern-Mandarin",
"Wuhan"
],
"word": "儘"
},
{
"tags": [
"Southwestern-Mandarin",
"Guilin"
],
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},
{
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"Xiangtan",
"Jiangnan Industries Group koine"
],
"tags": [
"Southwestern-Mandarin"
],
"word": "儘"
},
{
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"Qinjiang",
"Changle"
],
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Fuzhou"
],
"word": "好稠"
},
{
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou"
],
"word": "成日"
},
{
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],
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "成日"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Hepu",
"Lianzhou"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "論日"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Hepu",
"Shatian"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "成日"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Beihai"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "總係"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Beihai",
"Nankang"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "成日"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Beihai",
"Yingpan"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "常是"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Beihai",
"Qiaogang - Cô Tô"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "成日"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Beihai",
"Qiaogang - Cát Bà"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "成日"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Fangchenggang",
"Fangcheng"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "成日"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Ho Chi Minh City"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangfu"
],
"word": "成日"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Móng Cái"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "成日"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Chaozhou"
],
"word": "惦惦"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Raoping"
],
"word": "惦惦"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Shantou"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan"
],
"word": "惦惦"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Shantou",
"Chaoyang"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan"
],
"word": "惦惦"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Bangkok",
"Teochew"
],
"word": "惦惦"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Bangkok",
"Teochew"
],
"word": "多是"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Xiangtan"
],
"tags": [
"Xiang"
],
"word": "儘"
},
{
"roman": "zǒngshì",
"word": "總是"
},
{
"roman": "zǒngshì",
"word": "总是"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Hakka"
],
"word": "總係"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Hakka"
],
"word": "总系"
}
],
"word": "老是"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 老是 meaning in Chinese (6.9kB)
{
"called_from": "parser/304",
"msg": "HTML tag <sup> not properly closed",
"path": [
"老是"
],
"section": "Chinese",
"subsection": "",
"title": "老是",
"trace": "started on line 20, detected on line 20"
}
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </sup>",
"path": [
"老是"
],
"section": "Chinese",
"subsection": "",
"title": "老是",
"trace": ""
}
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