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飴糖

简饴糖 · 繁飴糖

Mandarin · pinyin yí táng

malt sugar
maltose

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飴: Look up this written character
糖: táng · sugar; candy; sweets
饴: yí · sweet-meats; sweet-cakes; syrup

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2–2 · yi2 tang2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ji4 tong4

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noun

maltose; malt sugar (confectionery) (Classifier: 塊／块)

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