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機關

简机关 · 繁機關

Mandarin · pinyin jī guān

mechanism; gear
machine-operated
office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body
stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick

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關: Look up this written character
机: jī · desk; machine; moment
关: guān · frontier pass; close; relation

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1–1 · ji1 guan1

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gei1 gwaan1

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

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noun

government organization; institution; institute; organ; agency; body; authority (Classifier: 個／个 m)
mechanism (Classifier: 個／个 m)
(figurative) scheme; intrigue

adj

(attributive) machine-operated

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