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麻雀

Mandarin · pinyin má què

sparrow
(dialect) mahjong

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麻: má · hemp, jute, flax; sesame; Kangxi radical 200
雀: què · sparrow

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2–4 · ma2 que4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

maa4 zoek2 · maa4 zoek3

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

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noun

sparrow (any member of the Passer genus), especially the tree sparrow (Passer montanus)
(dialectal, including Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min, Eastern Min, Pinghua) mahjong
(Nanjing Mandarin, euphemistic) penis

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