See sem in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "en",
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"4": "semester"
},
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"name": "bor"
}
],
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},
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"parents": [],
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}
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{
"word": "sem尾"
},
{
"word": "sem頭"
},
{
"word": "sem头"
},
{
"word": "sem頭不努力，sem尾徒傷悲"
},
{
"word": "sem头不努力，sem尾徒伤悲"
},
{
"word": "完sem"
},
{
"word": "開sem"
},
{
"word": "开sem"
},
{
"word": "開sem飯"
},
{
"word": "开sem饭"
}
],
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{
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[
17,
21
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
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3,
6
]
],
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[
4,
12
]
],
"english": "The semester has finally ended.",
"raw_tags": [
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],
"roman": "zung¹ jyu¹ jyun⁴ sem⁶ laa³.",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese",
"Jyutping"
],
"text": "終於完sem喇。",
"translation": "The semester has finally ended.",
"type": "example"
},
{
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17,
21
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],
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6
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12
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],
"roman": "zung¹ jyu¹ jyun⁴ sem⁶ laa³.",
"tags": [
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"Jyutping"
],
"text": "终于完sem喇。",
"translation": "The semester has finally ended.",
"type": "example"
}
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"semester (Classifier: 個／个 c)"
],
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[
"university",
"university"
],
[
"semester",
"semester"
],
[
"個",
"個#Chinese"
],
[
"个",
"个#Chinese"
]
],
"qualifier": "university slang",
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"(Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) semester (Classifier: 個／个 c)"
],
"tags": [
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}
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"Jyutping"
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"zh_pron": "sem⁶"
},
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"Hong Kong"
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"tags": [
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"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
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"zh_pron": "sem⁶"
},
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"zh_pron": "sém⁶"
},
{
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}
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"word": "sem尾"
},
{
"word": "sem頭"
},
{
"word": "sem头"
},
{
"word": "sem頭不努力，sem尾徒傷悲"
},
{
"word": "sem头不努力，sem尾徒伤悲"
},
{
"word": "完sem"
},
{
"word": "開sem"
},
{
"word": "开sem"
},
{
"word": "開sem飯"
},
{
"word": "开sem饭"
}
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"2": "en",
"3": "semester",
"4": "semester"
},
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"name": "bor"
}
],
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"1": "zh",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "sem",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "noun",
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"Cantonese terms borrowed from English",
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"Cantonese terms with usage examples",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese nouns",
"Chinese nouns classified by 個/个",
"Chinese student slang",
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"English links with redundant target parameters",
"Hong Kong Cantonese",
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4,
12
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],
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],
"roman": "zung¹ jyu¹ jyun⁴ sem⁶ laa³.",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese",
"Jyutping"
],
"text": "終於完sem喇。",
"translation": "The semester has finally ended.",
"type": "example"
},
{
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[
17,
21
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
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3,
6
]
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[
4,
12
]
],
"english": "The semester has finally ended.",
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"Hong Kong Cantonese"
],
"roman": "zung¹ jyu¹ jyun⁴ sem⁶ laa³.",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese",
"Jyutping"
],
"text": "终于完sem喇。",
"translation": "The semester has finally ended.",
"type": "example"
}
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"semester (Classifier: 個／个 c)"
],
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"university",
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],
[
"semester",
"semester"
],
[
"個",
"個#Chinese"
],
[
"个",
"个#Chinese"
]
],
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],
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]
}
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"Jyutping"
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},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
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},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sem⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
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},
{
"ipa": "/sɛːm²²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "sem"
}
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