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qiàn

Meanings

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qiàn
  1. 1.pretty
  2. 2.winsome
  3. 3.to ask for sb's help
  4. 4.son-in-law (old)

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.smiling
  2. 2.(beautiful) man
  3. 3.beautiful; pretty; handsome
  4. 4.fast
  5. 5.to ask (somebody to do something); to have someone's aid (of)
  6. 6.to borrow
  7. 7.to employ; to hire
  8. 8.to beg; to plea; to please; to excuse oneself.
  9. 9.to urge; to entrust
  10. 10.son-in-law
  11. 11.servant; domestic servant
  12. 12.deficient; lacking; insufficient
  13. 13.to apologize
  14. 14.to regret; to be dissatisfied
  15. 15.crop failure; poor harvest
  16. 16.to not eat enough food

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs): semantic 人 + phonetic 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ).

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