茹
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Pronunciation
Peng'im: ru5
POJ: jû
Variety: chaozhou
POJ: jû
Variety: chaozhou
Pronunciation note: Realised [dz] ~ [z] ~ [l] depending on speaker and register; many younger speakers merge it with /l/. The cited sources corroborate [dz], relaxing to [z] for younger/overseas speakers; neither attests the further merger to /l/.
Meanings and usage
verb: to eat
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茹
The character page lists several unrelated literary senses (eat, bear, guess, soft, surname) under one reading; 'to eat' was chosen as the most salient but the exact intended sense for this Teochew reading is uncertain.