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CHINESE CHARACTER
qiàn
歉
歉
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apology
- Numbered pinyin
- qian4
- English meanings
- apology; regret
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
Qian (heaven trigram)
front
thousand
moat; trench
inlay; embed
yawn
easy
dive; latent
pull
sign
euryale; starch
pious; sincere
modest; humble
blame; condemn
move
send; dispatch
sum
pliers; clamp
lead (chemistry)
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Related words
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- 道歉
- 歉意
- 抱歉
- 歉收
- 歉疚