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yǒng

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yǒng
  1. 1.path screened by walls on both sides
tǒng
  1. 1.variant of 桶[tǒng], bucket
  2. 2.(classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter)
Yǒng
  1. 1.Yong River 甬江[Yǒng Jiāng] in Ningbo 宁波[Níng bō]
  2. 2.short name for Ningbo

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.handle of a bell
  2. 2.path screened by walls on both sides
  3. 3.An ancient name for Ningbo, a city in Zhejiang province
  4. 4.The Yong River in Ningbo

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Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – a bronze bell. In the bronze inscription, the lower part evolved into 用 (OC *loŋs), which serves as a phonetic component. Similar but unrelated to 用 and 角. Related to 用 (yòng, “use”)

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