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念經

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: liam7 gêng1
POJ: liām-keng
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

verb: to chant sutras, to recite scriptures, to nag repetitively
念經

The page gives three senses (Buddhist chanting, figurative repetitive nagging, and dialectal 'of a cat: to purr') with no sense specifically tied to the Teochew reading, so the Buddhist chanting sense was chosen as primary but the match is not certain.

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