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蠻

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: mang5
POJ: mâng
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

adverb: quite; rather; fairly, rough; unreasonable; boorish
蠻

Multiple senses (barbarous/uncivilised, rough/unreasonable, and the colloquial intensifier 'quite/rather') all share this single reading, so it is uncertain which is the primary Teochew usage.

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