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交易

Mandarin · pinyin jiāo yì

to deal; to trade; to transact
transaction; deal
Classifier: 筆 bǐ

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交: jiāo · mix; intersect; exchange, communicate; deliver
易: yì · change; easy

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1–4 · jiao1 yi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gaau1 jik6

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verb

to trade; to transact; to make a business deal

noun

(countable) trade; transaction; business deal (Classifier: 筆／笔 m)
(uncountable) trading; trade
(Yangzhou Mandarin, Danyang Wu, Huizhou) matter; affair
(Yangzhou Mandarin) thing; stuff; something

adj

(of a business) flourishing; prosperous
(of a product) popular; having good sales

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