母犬

Mandarin · pinyin mǔ quǎn

Meanings

  1. female dog
  2. bitch
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母
mǔ · mother; female elders; female
犬
quǎn · dog; radical number 94
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3–3 · mu3 quan3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mou5 hyun2

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