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史普尼克

Mandarin · pinyin Shǐ pǔ ní kè

Sputnik, Soviet artificial Earth satellite
also written 斯普特尼克

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史: shǐ · history, chronicle, annals
普: pǔ · universal, general, widespread
尼: ní · Buddhist nun; transliteration
克: kè · gram; overcome; transliteration

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3–3–2–4 · Shi3 pu3 ni2 ke4

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