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"3": "麥",
"t": "wheat"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"2": "yue",
"3": "買",
"t": "buy"
},
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},
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},
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"1": "zh",
"2": "马"
},
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},
{
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},
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},
{
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"2": "梅"
},
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},
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},
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"2": "May"
},
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"etymology_text": "Chinese surname with several origins:\n* from Mandarin 麥／麦 (“wheat”),\n* from Mandarin and Cantonese 買／买 (maai⁵, “buy”)\n* Cantonese form of 米 (see Mi).\n* Romanized from 马 (mǎ) (see Ma)\n* Romanized from 梅 (méi) (see Mei)\nAs a German surname, variant of May.",
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"A female given name, a rare spelling variant of Mae/May, or borrowed from Scandinavia, with the same ultimate origin."
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
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"3": "買",
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},
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},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "马"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
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},
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"name": "m"
},
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"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "梅"
},
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"word": "Mai"
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