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傳呼電話

简传呼电话 · 繁傳呼電話

Mandarin · pinyin chuán hū diàn huà

neighborhood telephone, with sb in charge of notifying others when they receive a call

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傳: chuán · summon; propagate, transmit
呼: hū · breathe sigh, exhale; call, shout
電: Look up this written character
話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
传: chuán · summon; propagate, transmit
电: diàn · electricity; electric; lightning
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect

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2–1–4–4 · chuan2 hu1 dian4 hua4

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cyun4 fu1 din6 waa2

Cantonese word readings for 傳呼電話. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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