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[粵] zung3 | [國] zong4 [1] [v] release; set free; let go [2] [v] indulge; let loose; connive [3] [v] jump up; leap; spring forward [4] [conj] even though; even if; although [粵] zung1 | [國] zong4 zong1 [adj] vertical; longitudinal; from north to south | [antonym] 橫 1. For the "vertical" meaning, China's pinyin version is zong4 while Taiwan's is zong1.
Default PoS: 2. See also [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]  Additional PoS:   Stroke count: 17
Level: 3
Radical: 糸 (#120)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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縱橫
zung1 waang4 = length and width; unhindered
操縱
cou1 zung3 = to operate; to control
縱火
zung3 fo2 = arson
縱使
zung3 si2 = even if; even though; notwithstanding
放縱
fong3 zung3 = to let somebody have their own way; to connive at; to indulge; unrestrained; undisciplined; uncultured; boorish
遠距離操縱
jyun5 keoi5 lei4 cou1 zung3 = remote control; telecontrol
縱然
zung3 jin4 = even if; even though
才氣縱橫
coi4 hei3 zung1 waang4 = unhindered literary talent; witty
涕泗縱橫
tai3 si3 zung1 waang4 = of tears and snivel to be streaming down
稍縱即逝
saau2 zung3 zik1 sai6 = fleeting; here today, gone tomorrow; transient; time and opportunities can slip away if one is careless
縱情聲色
zung3 cing4 sing1 sik1 = let loose morally; indulge in debauchery
縱情酒色
zung3 cing4 zau3 sik1 = give free rein to wine and women; indulge in wine and sex
縱容
zung3 jung4 = to tolerate; indulge; spoil
縱慾
zung3 juk6 = live in debauchery
縱壞
zung3 waai6 = overindulge; spoil 粵
縱橫家
zung1 waang4 gaa1 = Political Strategists (in the Warring States Period, 475-221 B.C.)
雞縱菌
gai1 zung1 kwan2 = a type of fungus which grows on the trunk of the lychee tree 粵 |
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Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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