See ding in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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}
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{
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"An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid."
],
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"leg",
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],
[
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]
]
}
],
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"UK",
"US"
]
},
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},
{
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}
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "dǐng",
"sense": "vessel",
"word": "鼎"
},
{
"alt": "かなえ",
"code": "ja",
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"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "kanae",
"sense": "vessel",
"word": "鼎"
},
{
"alt": "てい",
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"lang_code": "ja",
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"sense": "vessel",
"word": "鼎"
}
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}
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"Pages with 17 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɪŋ",
"Rhymes:English/ɪŋ/1 syllable",
"en:Food and drink containers",
"en:Sounds"
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{
"word": "ding right"
}
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{
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"tr": "ding¹"
},
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"name": "bor"
}
],
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{
"form": "dings",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"categories": [
"Hong Kong English"
],
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"An indigenous inhabitant of the New Territories entitled to the building a village house under the Small House Policy."
],
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[
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"entitle"
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],
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"Hong-Kong"
]
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"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
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},
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}
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{
"categories": [
"English ethnic slurs",
"English offensive terms",
"Western Australian English"
],
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"an Italian person, specifically an Italian Australian"
],
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[
"ethnic",
"ethnic"
],
[
"slur",
"slur"
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[
"Italian",
"Italian"
]
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"(Western Australia, offensive, ethnic slur) an Italian person, specifically an Italian Australian"
],
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"Western",
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"slur"
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}
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"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
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},
{
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}
],
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}
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