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Mandarin · pinyin miàn bāo

bread
Classifier: 片 piàn, 塊 kuài

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包: bāo · wrap, pack, bundle; package
面: miàn · face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176

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4–1 · mian4 bao1

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noun

bread (Classifier: 塊／块 m c; 條／条 m c; 片 m; 個／个 m; 嚿 c)
(proscribed) baked good; roll; bun; pastry; cake (Classifier: 塊／块 m c; 片 m; 個／个 m; 嚿 c)
(Penghu Hokkien, Wuchuan Cantonese) mantou

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