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母體

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Mandarin · pinyin mǔ tǐ

(zoology, medicine) mother's body
(chemistry etc) parent
matrix
(statistics) population
parent population

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母: mǔ · mother; female elders; female
體: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit
体: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit; inferior

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3–3 · mu3 ti3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mou5 tai2

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

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noun

mother's body
(figurative) basis; foundation; matrix; nucleus
(statistics) population; statistical population
(meteoritics) parent body

adj

(Hokkien) sissy; effeminate (in one's voice, gesture, behavior, etc.)

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