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亞美人種

简亚美人种 · 繁亞美人種

Mandarin · pinyin Yà měi rén zhǒng

see 黃種 huáng zhǒng

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亞: Look up this written character
美: měi · beautiful, pretty; pleasing
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
種: zhǒng · seed; race; offspring; to plant
亚: yà · Asia; second
种: zhǒng · seed; race, breed; to plant

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4–3–2–3 · Ya4 mei3 ren2 zhong3

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noun

(anthropology) the yellow race; mongoloid race

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