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歐姆

简欧姆 · 繁歐姆

Mandarin · pinyin ōu mǔ

(loanword) ohm

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姆: mǔ · child's governess; matron
欧: ōu · translit.: Europe; ohm; surname

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1–3 · ou1 mu3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

au1 mou5

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

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name

a transliteration of the German surname Ohm

classifier

(electricity) ohm (unit of electrical resistance)

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