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機構

简机构 · 繁機構

Mandarin · pinyin jī gòu

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構: Look up this written character
机: jī · desk; machine; moment
构: gòu · frame, building, structure

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1–4 · ji1 gou4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gei1 gau3 · gei1 kau3

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

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noun

mechanism (mechanical structure, and its function) (Classifier: 所)
organisation; agency; authority (a group of people or legal entities with purpose and rules); institution (Classifier: 所)

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