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重巡

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: dêng5 sung5
POJ: têng-sûng
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

noun: double eyelids
重巡

Two Wiktionary senses (Southern Min 'double eyelids' vs. an abbreviation for 重巡洋艦 'heavy cruiser') share the identical Teochew reading dêng5 sung5; the dialect-specific 'double eyelids' sense was chosen as more likely genuine Teochew vocabulary.

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