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zhēng

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zhēng
  1. 1.multitudinous
  2. 2.the masses
  3. 3.to present (to sb)
  4. 4.to rise
  5. 5.to advance
  6. 6.to progress
  7. 7.archaic variant of 蒸[zhēng]

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.Original form of 蒸 (zhēng, “to steam”).
  2. 2.many; numerous
  3. 3.to offer (gifts, sacrifices, etc.)

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kljɯŋ, *kljɯŋs): phonetic 丞 (OC *ɡljɯŋ, *ɡljɯŋs, “to raise”) + semantic 灬 (“fire”). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tVŋ (“upper part; rise; raise”) (STEDT).

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