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公共交換電話網

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Mandarin · pinyin gōng gòng jiāo huàn diàn huà wǎng

public switched telephone network (PSTN)

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公: gōng · fair, equitable; public; duke
共: gòng · together with, all, total; to share
交: jiāo · mix; intersect; exchange, communicate; deliver
換: huàn · change, exchange; substitute
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話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
網: Look up this written character
换: huàn · change
电: diàn · electricity; electric; lightning
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
网: wǎng · net; network; Kangxi radical 122

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1–4–1–4–4–4–3 · gong1 gong4 jiao1 huan4 dian4 hua4 wang3

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