"馘" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /ku̯ɔ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kʷɪk̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /kʷɔːk̚³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /ku̯ɔ³⁵/, /kʷɪk̚⁵/, /kʷɔːk̚³/ Chinese transliterations: guó [Mandarin, Pinyin], guo² [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄍㄨㄛˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], gwik¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], gwok³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], guó [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], guó [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], kuo² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], gwó [Mandarin, Yale], gwo [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], го [Mandarin, Palladius], go [Mandarin, Palladius], gwik¹ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], gwok³ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], gwīk [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], gwok [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], gwik⁷ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], gwok⁸ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], guig¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], guog³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], kweak [Middle-Chinese], /*C.qʷˤək/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*kʷrɯːɡ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms: , 𢦞
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʷrɯːɡ): semantic 首 (“head”) + phonetic 或 (OC *ɡʷɯːɡ). This character largely displaced 聝 (OC *kʷrɯːɡ) in the received corpus of ancient classics. See also 𢦞. Etymology templates: {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *kʷrɯːɡ}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʷrɯːɡ), {{Han compound|首|或|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc|t1=head}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʷrɯːɡ): semantic 首 (“head”) + phonetic 或 (OC *ɡʷɯːɡ), {{och-l|聝}} 聝 (OC *kʷrɯːɡ), {{zh-m|*𢦞}} 𢦞, {{lw|zh|程顥}} 程顥, {{lw|zh|程頤}} 程頤, {{ltc-l|馘}} 馘 (MC kweak) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 馘
  1. (historical) severed left ear of a slain enemy (as trophy and tally for military merit) Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-馘-zh-character-KDroPIOJ
  2. (historical) to cut off the left ear of an enemy Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-馘-zh-character-PVaxC3dQ Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 5 17 4 23 23 21 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 13 3 29 29 16 6 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 8 13 10 34 34
  3. (by extension) killed enemy; dead enemy Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-馘-zh-character-5I7YQm5b
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 俘馘, 搴旗斬馘, 搴旗斩馘, 斬馘, 斩馘, 獻馘, 献馘

Character

IPA: /ɕy⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ɕy⁵¹/ Chinese transliterations: xù [Mandarin, Pinyin], xu⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄒㄩˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], xù [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], syù [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hsü⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], syù [Mandarin, Yale], shiuh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], сюй [Mandarin, Palladius], sjuj [Mandarin, Palladius] Forms: , 𢦞
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʷrɯːɡ): semantic 首 (“head”) + phonetic 或 (OC *ɡʷɯːɡ). This character largely displaced 聝 (OC *kʷrɯːɡ) in the received corpus of ancient classics. See also 𢦞. Etymology templates: {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *kʷrɯːɡ}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʷrɯːɡ), {{Han compound|首|或|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc|t1=head}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʷrɯːɡ): semantic 首 (“head”) + phonetic 或 (OC *ɡʷɯːɡ), {{och-l|聝}} 聝 (OC *kʷrɯːɡ), {{zh-m|*𢦞}} 𢦞, {{lw|zh|程顥}} 程顥, {{lw|zh|程頤}} 程頤, {{ltc-l|馘}} 馘 (MC kweak) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 馘
  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    cheek; face
    Sense id: en-馘-zh-character-Oy8UpulN Categories (other): Chinese terms with uncertain meaning, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese hanzi, Middle Chinese hanzi, Old Chinese hanzi Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 5 17 4 23 23 21 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 13 3 29 29 16 6 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 8 13 10 34 34 Disambiguation of Chinese hanzi: 1 27 0 41 30 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese hanzi: 1 20 0 51 28 Disambiguation of Old Chinese hanzi: 1 20 0 51 28
  2. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    Alternative form of 𤷇 (xù, “headache; aching head”)
    Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: 𤷇 (extra: xù, “headache; aching head”)
    Sense id: en-馘-zh-character-14Jsm8bO Categories (other): Chinese terms with uncertain meaning, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 5 17 4 23 23 21 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 13 3 29 29 16 6 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 8 13 10 34 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 槁項黃馘, 槁项黄馘, 黃馘, 黄馘

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "俘馘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "搴旗斬馘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "搴旗斩馘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "斬馘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "斩馘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "獻馘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "献馘"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
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      },
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      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
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        "1": "首",
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        "c1": "s",
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      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʷrɯːɡ): semantic 首 (“head”) + phonetic 或 (OC *ɡʷɯːɡ)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "聝"
      },
      "expansion": "聝 (OC *kʷrɯːɡ)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*𢦞"
      },
      "expansion": "𢦞",
      "name": "zh-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "程顥"
      },
      "expansion": "程顥",
      "name": "lw"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "程頤"
      },
      "expansion": "程頤",
      "name": "lw"
    },
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        "1": "馘"
      },
      "expansion": "馘 (MC kweak)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    }
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    {
      "form": "聝"
    },
    {
      "form": "𢦞"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "馘",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "english": "His martial-looking, tiger leaders,\nWill here (at the Pan Gong) present the left ears [of their foes].",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Pre-Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
          "roman": "Jiǎojiǎo hǔchén, zài Pàn xiàn guó.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "矯矯虎臣,在泮獻馘。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "His martial-looking, tiger leaders,\nWill here (at the Pan Gong) present the left ears [of their foes].",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Pre-Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
          "roman": "Jiǎojiǎo hǔchén, zài Pàn xiàn guó.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "矫矫虎臣,在泮献馘。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "severed left ear of a slain enemy (as trophy and tally for military merit)"
      ],
      "id": "en-馘-zh-character-KDroPIOJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "sever",
          "sever"
        ],
        [
          "ear",
          "ear"
        ],
        [
          "slain",
          "slay"
        ],
        [
          "enemy",
          "enemy"
        ]
      ],
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        "(historical) severed left ear of a slain enemy (as trophy and tally for military merit)"
      ],
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        "historical"
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 13 3 29 29 16 6",
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 13 10 34 34",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cut off the left ear of an enemy"
      ],
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        [
          "cut off",
          "cut off"
        ]
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        "(historical) to cut off the left ear of an enemy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "killed enemy; dead enemy"
      ],
      "id": "en-馘-zh-character-5I7YQm5b",
      "links": [
        [
          "kill",
          "kill"
        ],
        [
          "dead",
          "dead"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) killed enemy; dead enemy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄍㄨㄛˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwik¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwok³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kuo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "го"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "go"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku̯ɔ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwik¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwok³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwīk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwik⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gwok⁸"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guig¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guog³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʷɪk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʷɔːk̚³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kweak"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*C.qʷˤək/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʷrɯːɡ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku̯ɔ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʷɪk̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʷɔːk̚³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*C.qʷˤək/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʷrɯːɡ/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Cheng Hao",
    "Cheng Yi",
    "Shuowen Jiezi"
  ],
  "word": "馘"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "槁項黃馘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "槁项黄馘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "黃馘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "黄馘"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "聝"
      },
      "expansion": "聝 (OC *kʷrɯːɡ)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*𢦞"
      },
      "expansion": "𢦞",
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "程顥"
      },
      "expansion": "程顥",
      "name": "lw"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "程頤"
      },
      "expansion": "程頤",
      "name": "lw"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "馘"
      },
      "expansion": "馘 (MC kweak)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʷrɯːɡ): semantic 首 (“head”) + phonetic 或 (OC *ɡʷɯːɡ). This character largely displaced 聝 (OC *kʷrɯːɡ) in the received corpus of ancient classics. See also 𢦞.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "聝"
    },
    {
      "form": "𢦞"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "馘",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms with uncertain meaning",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with uncertain meaning",
            "Terms by usage"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 17 4 23 23 21 8",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 13 3 29 29 16 6",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 13 10 34 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 27 0 41 30",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 20 0 51 28",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 20 0 51 28",
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Living in a narrow lane of a poor mean hamlet, weaving sandals amid distress of poverty, with a weazen neck and yellow face - that is what I [Cao Shang] should find it difficult to do. But as soon as I come to an understanding with the Lord of a myriad carriages, to find myself with a retinue of a hundred carriages - that is wherein I excel.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
          "roman": "Fú chù qiónglǘ èxiàng, kùnjiǒng zhī jù, gǎoxiànghuángxù zhě, Shāng zhī suǒduǎn yě; yī wù wànchéng zhī zhǔ, ér cóngchē bǎichéng zhě, Shāng zhī suǒcháng yě.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "夫處窮閭阨巷,困窘織屨,槁項黃馘者,商之所短也;一悟萬乘之主,而從車百乘者,商之所長也。",
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        },
        {
          "english": "Living in a narrow lane of a poor mean hamlet, weaving sandals amid distress of poverty, with a weazen neck and yellow face - that is what I [Cao Shang] should find it difficult to do. But as soon as I come to an understanding with the Lord of a myriad carriages, to find myself with a retinue of a hundred carriages - that is wherein I excel.",
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          "roman": "Fú chù qiónglǘ èxiàng, kùnjiǒng zhī jù, gǎoxiànghuángxù zhě, Shāng zhī suǒduǎn yě; yī wù wànchéng zhī zhǔ, ér cóngchē bǎichéng zhě, Shāng zhī suǒcháng yě.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "夫处穷闾阨巷,困窘织屦,槁项黄馘者,商之所短也;一悟万乘之主,而从车百乘者,商之所长也。",
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      "zh-pron": "xu⁴"
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄩˋ"
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "syù"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "syù"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "shiuh"
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "сюй"
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "sjuj"
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      "ipa": "/ɕy⁵¹/",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɕy⁵¹/"
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      "zh-pron": "го"
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      "ipa": "/kʷɪk̚⁵/",
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      "ipa": "/ku̯ɔ³⁵/"
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}

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      "word": "槁項黃馘"
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          "english": "Living in a narrow lane of a poor mean hamlet, weaving sandals amid distress of poverty, with a weazen neck and yellow face - that is what I [Cao Shang] should find it difficult to do. But as soon as I come to an understanding with the Lord of a myriad carriages, to find myself with a retinue of a hundred carriages - that is wherein I excel.",
          "raw_tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shiuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сюй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjuj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕy⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕy⁵¹/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Cheng Hao",
    "Cheng Yi",
    "Shuowen Jiezi",
    "Zhuangzi (book)"
  ],
  "word": "馘"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 馘 meaning in Chinese (10.5kB)

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Chinese)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "馘"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "馘",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Chinese)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "馘"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "馘",
  "trace": ""
}

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