See kong in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"(mahjong) A set of four identical tiles."
],
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},
{
"word": "quad"
},
{
"word": "four-of-a-kind"
}
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"board-games",
"games",
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{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"lang_code": "yue",
"roman": "gong³ zi²",
"sense": "set of four identical tiles",
"word": "槓子 /杠子"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "gàngzi",
"sense": "set of four identical tiles",
"word": "槓子 /杠子"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "ja",
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"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "kantsu",
"sense": "set of four identical tiles",
"word": "槓子"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "kan",
"sense": "set of four identical tiles",
"word": "槓"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"alt": "槓子",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "kkangjjeu",
"sense": "set of four identical tiles",
"word": "깡쯔"
},
{
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "set of four identical tiles",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "kong"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 32",
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"roman": "gong³ / gung³",
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"word": "槓 /杠"
},
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"roman": "gàng",
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}
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],
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"A call declaring the formation of such a set."
],
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"mahjong"
],
[
"call",
"call"
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],
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"(mahjong) A call declaring the formation of such a set."
],
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{
"word": "kan"
}
],
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"board-games",
"games",
"mahjong"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kɒŋ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kɔŋ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kɑŋ/",
"tags": [
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒŋ"
},
{
"homophone": "kang (cot-caught merger) (some accents)"
}
],
"word": "kong"
}
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"English terms with homophones",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 11 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɒŋ",
"Rhymes:English/ɒŋ/1 syllable",
"Terms with Cantonese translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"nn:Heads of state",
"nn:Monarchy"
],
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{
"word": "chow"
},
{
"word": "pung"
}
],
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[
"槓",
"槓#Cantonese"
],
[
"杠",
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{
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"A set of four identical tiles."
],
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"mahjong",
"mahjong"
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"set",
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"(mahjong) A set of four identical tiles."
],
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"word": "kan"
},
{
"word": "quad"
},
{
"word": "four-of-a-kind"
}
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"board-games",
"games",
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],
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"A call declaring the formation of such a set."
],
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"mahjong",
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"(mahjong) A call declaring the formation of such a set."
],
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"word": "kan"
}
],
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"games",
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],
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"tags": [
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},
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"tags": [
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},
{
"ipa": "/kɔŋ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kɑŋ/",
"tags": [
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒŋ"
},
{
"homophone": "kang (cot-caught merger) (some accents)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"lang_code": "yue",
"roman": "gong³ zi²",
"sense": "set of four identical tiles",
"word": "槓子 /杠子"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "gàngzi",
"sense": "set of four identical tiles",
"word": "槓子 /杠子"
},
{
"code": "ja",
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"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "kantsu",
"sense": "set of four identical tiles",
"word": "槓子"
},
{
"code": "ja",
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"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "kan",
"sense": "set of four identical tiles",
"word": "槓"
},
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "kkangjjeu",
"sense": "set of four identical tiles",
"word": "깡쯔"
},
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"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "set of four identical tiles",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "kong"
},
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"sense": "a call declaring a set of four identical tiles",
"word": "槓 /杠"
},
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"code": "ko",
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"sense": "a call declaring a set of four identical tiles",
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"code": "pl",
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"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "kong"
}
],
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}
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