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塔

Mandarin · pinyin tǎ

pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 tǎ pó, a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (Classifier: 座 zuò)
(loanword) (pastry) tart

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塔: tǎ · tower, spire, tall building

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3 · ta3

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taap3

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tower (Classifier: 座 m c mn; 個／个 mn)
pagoda
spire
tall building
(tarot) the Tower
(Taiwan) tart (pastry)
(neologism, fandom slang) real identity of a virtual YouTuber
a surname, Ta

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