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五分美金

Mandarin · pinyin wǔ fēn Měi jīn

nickel
five US cents

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五: wǔ · five; surname
分: fēn · divide; small unit of time etc.
美: měi · beautiful, pretty; pleasing
金: jīn · gold; metals in general; money; Kangxi radical 167

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3–1–3–1 · wu3 fen1 Mei3 jin1

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ng5 fan1 mei5 gam1

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