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xùn dú
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Definitions
- 1. a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子[tóu zi] may be pronounced as its synonym 色子[shǎi zi], and in Wu dialects, 二 is pronounced as its synonym 兩|两 \liahn\)
- 2. to pronounce a word using such a reading
- 3. (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[yīn dú]. For example, 山 has a kun-reading \yama\ and an on-reading \san\.)