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枸

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: ge2
POJ: kúr
Variety: chaozhou
Peng'im: gu2
POJ: kú
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

noun: Hovenia acerba (raisin tree), betel; Piper betle
枸

2 candidate readings from Wiktionary — genuine Chaozhou colloquial form not yet confirmed by a speaker. Dropped gao2 and gao1 as candidates: gao2 is only attested for a bound-morpheme sense ('only used in 枸杞/枸骨') with no independent gloss, and gao1 is only attested for a separate obsolete 'crooked; bent' sense.

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