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卡介苗

Mandarin · pinyin kǎ jiè miáo

BCG vaccine
bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine

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卡: kǎ · card, punch card; calorie
介: jiè · forerunner, herald, harbinger; to lie between; sea shell; to wear armor
苗: miáo · sprouts; Miao nationality

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3–4–2 · ka3 jie4 miao2

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kaa1 gaai3 miu4

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noun

Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine (for tuberculosis)

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