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caang1 · caang3

to support · to prop up · to push or move with a pole

Frequency Band 52 Written Forms

Meanings

caang1

  1. to support
  2. to prop up
  3. to push or move with a pole
  4. to maintain
  5. to open or unfurl
  6. to fill to bursting point
  7. brace
  8. stay
  9. support
  10. to back up
  11. to punt a boat

caang3

  1. to support
  2. to back up
  3. to maintain
  4. to discuss
  5. to negotiate
  6. to tolerate
  7. to do perfunctory

Written Forms

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