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外援

Mandarin · pinyin wài yuán

Meanings

  1. foreign aid
  2. external aid
  3. (sports) foreign player
  4. player recruited from overseas
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外
wài · out, outside, external; foreign
援
yuán · aid, assist; lead; cite
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4–2 · wai4 yuan2

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 3 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ngoi6 wun4

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

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ngoi6 wun4

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. external help
  2. foreign aid
  3. imported foreign player (in sports)

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