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番麥

简番麦 · 繁番麥

Mandarin · pinyin fān mài

(Tw) corn (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. huan-be̍h)

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番: fān · to take turns; a turn, a time; to repeat
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麦: mài · wheat, barley, oats; simplified form of Kangxi radical 199

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1–4 · fan1 mai4

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faan1 mak6

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noun

(chiefly Central Plains Mandarin, Hokkien, Vietnam and Cambodian Teochew, Zhao'an Hakka, dialectal Wu, Maihua) corn; maize (Classifier: 穗 mn)

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