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萍

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: pêng5
POJ: phêng
Variety: chaozhou
Peng'im: pio5
POJ: phiô
Variety: chaozhou

Pronunciation note: Chaozhou [ie] ~ Shantou [io] (潮 dio5).

Peng'im: piê5
POJ: phiê
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

noun: duckweed
薸

3 candidate readings from Wiktionary — genuine Chaozhou colloquial form not yet confirmed by a speaker. Drafted from the block marking 萍 as a Southern-Min alternative form of 薸 (duckweed), the only sense attesting all three candidate readings together.

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