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Definitions2 characters
xun4 du2
a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子tou² zi⁵ may be pronounced as its synonym 色子shai³ zi⁵, and in Wu dialects, 二 is pronounced as its synonym 兩 and 两 "liahn")/to pronounce a word using such a reading/(Japanese linguistics) kun-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from a native Japanese word that matches its meaning rather than from the pronunciation of the character in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: A kun-reading of a character is distinguished from its on-reading(s) 音讀 and 音读yin¹ du². For example, 山 has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".)
Usage•••frequent
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xun4
a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子 [tou2 zi5] may be pronounced as its synonym 色子 [shai3 zi5], and in Wu dialects, 二 is pronounced as its synonym 兩|两 "liahn")/to pronounce a word using such a reading/(Japanese linguistics) kun-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from a native Japanese word that matches its meaning rather than from the pronunciation of the character in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: A kun-reading of a character is distinguished from its on-reading(s) 音讀|音读 [yin1 du2]. For example, 山 has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".)
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du2
a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子 [tou2 zi5] may be pronounced as its synonym 色子 [shai3 zi5], and in Wu dialects, 二 is pronounced as its synonym 兩|两 "liahn")/to pronounce a word using such a reading/(Japanese linguistics) kun-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from a native Japanese word that matches its meaning rather than from the pronunciation of the character in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: A kun-reading of a character is distinguished from its on-reading(s) 音讀|音读 [yin1 du2]. For example, 山 has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".)