See 龜毛 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"tags": [
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{
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"Shanghai"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
"Wu",
"Suzhou"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
"Wu",
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],
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{
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},
{
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},
{
"word": "Yinchuan"
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{
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{
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{
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},
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"zh-pron": "gwai¹ mou⁴"
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"zh-pron": "guei¹ mou⁴"
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},
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},
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},
{
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"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ku⁴⁴⁻³³ mɔ̃⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
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"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ku⁴⁴⁻²² mɔ̃⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ku³³ mɔ̃³³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ku⁴⁴⁻²² mɔ̃⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ku⁴⁴⁻³³ mɔ̃⁴⁴/"
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"ipa": "/ku⁴⁴⁻³³ mɔ̃⁴⁴/"
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},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄍㄨㄟ ㄇㄠˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "gwai¹ mou⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "gueimáo"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "kuei¹-mao²"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"tags": [
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"Mandarin"
],
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},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "gujmao"
},
{
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},
{
"tags": [
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"Yale"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "gwai¹ mou⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"zh-pron": "guei¹ mou⁴"
},
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},
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},
{
"tags": [
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"Yantai"
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},
{
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},
{
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],
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},
{
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],
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},
{
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
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],
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},
{
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"Hong-Kong"
],
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},
{
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"Gan",
"Pingxiang"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
"Tainan"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
"Jieyang"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
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],
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"Wu",
"Chongming",
"Shanghai"
],
"word": "卵毛"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu",
"Suzhou"
],
"word": "卵毛"
},
{
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"Wu",
"Danyang"
],
"word": "卵毛"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu",
"Hangzhou"
],
"word": "卵毛"
},
{
"word": "Taiwan"
},
{
"word": "屌毛"
},
{
"word": "Jinan"
},
{
"tags": [
"Muping"
],
"word": "Yantai"
},
{
"word": "雞巴毛"
},
{
"word": "雞子毛"
},
{
"word": "Luoyang"
},
{
"word": "㞗毛"
},
{
"word": "Xi'an"
},
{
"word": "Yinchuan"
},
{
"word": "Hong Kong"
},
{
"word": "鳩毛"
},
{
"word": "Pingxiang"
},
{
"word": "卵毛"
},
{
"word": "Tainan"
},
{
"word": "𡳞蔓"
},
{
"word": "Jieyang"
},
{
"word": "𡳞毛"
},
{
"alt": "Sanxiang",
"word": "Zhongshan"
},
{
"word": "Shanghai"
},
{
"tags": [
"Chongming"
],
"word": "Shanghai"
},
{
"word": "Suzhou"
},
{
"word": "Danyang"
},
{
"word": "Hangzhou"
}
],
"word": "龜毛"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 龜毛 meaning in Chinese (6.2kB)
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