"term" meaning in Chinese

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Noun

IPA: /tʰœːm⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰœːm⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: toem¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping]
Etymology: From English term. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|term}} English term Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} term
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) term (word or phrase) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-term-zh-noun-WA7ShNtm Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) term (timespan) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-term-zh-noun-Vq4scZYm Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 29 50 15 6 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 21 52 16 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /tʰœːm⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰœːm⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: toem¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping]
Etymology: From clipping of English terminate. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|terminate|terminate}} English terminate Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} term
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to terminate Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-term-zh-verb-cviFVFlB Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang, passive voice) to have one's study be terminated Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong Categories (topical): Universities
    Sense id: en-term-zh-verb-zWvfsjPN Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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