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台灣話

简台湾话 · 繁台灣話

Mandarin · pinyin Tái wān huà

Taiwanese Hokkien

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台: tái · platform; unit; term of address
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話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
湾: wān · bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect

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2–1–4 · Tai2 wan1 hua4

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