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停業

简停业 · 繁停業

Mandarin · pinyin tíng yè

to cease trading (temporarily or permanently)
to close down

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停: tíng · stop, suspend, delay; suitable
業: Look up this written character
业: yè · profession, business; GB radical 111

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2–4 · ting2 ye4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ting4 jip6

Cantonese word readings for 停業. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to stop doing business
to close a business; to go out of business

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