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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *唱* | 唱* | *唱
to sing / to call loudly / to chant
HSK 1
(of a shaman) to dance and chant frenziedly in a trance, communicating with spirits or deities to expel evil, cure illness or pray for blessings
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哦* | 哦* | *哦
to chant
mnemonic chant / rhyme for remembering (arithmetic tables, character stroke order etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *吟* | 吟* | *吟
to chant; to recite / verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems) / (literary) to lament; to groan / (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects / (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴) (cf. , wide vibrato)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *唄* | 唄* | *唄
(bound form) to chant (from Sanskrit "pāṭhaka")
to chant the sutras
to chant / to recite
to recite or chant Buddhist scripture
to pray to Buddha / to chant the names of Buddha
incantation (Sanskrit: dharani) / religious chant (promoting virtue and obstructing evil)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喁* | 喁* | *喁
(literary) (onom.) response chant, echoing another's chanted words
work chant / prison cell / type / sort / mark / sign / signal / (Tw) brokerage firm
part of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 / a song / a poem set to elegant music / a refined chant / the biblical Song of Solomon
to read aloud / to recite rhythmically / to chant / to intone (esp. poems in rhythm)
rammers' work chant
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *呻* | 呻* | *呻
(literary) to recite; to chant; to intone / (bound form) groan
(Buddhism) chanting of prayers
song / chant / rhythmic declamation
to chant softly / to murmur
to chant / to recite rhythmically / to polish verse
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *唪* | 唪* | *唪
recite / chant
to chant a magic spell / to recite incantations
to count one's prayer beads and chant Buddha's name (idiom)
to chant the names of Buddha


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