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修飾話

简修饰话 · 繁修飾話

Mandarin · pinyin xiū shì huà

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修: xiū · study; repair; cultivate
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話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
饰: shì · decorate, ornament, adorn
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect

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1–4–4 · xiu1 shi4 hua4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sau1 sik1 waa6

Cantonese word readings for 修飾話. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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