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大班

Mandarin · pinyin dà bān

tai-pan
business executive
foreign business manager
top class of kindergarten or school grade

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
班: bān · class, group, grade; squad; job

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4–1 · da4 ban1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daai6 baan1

Cantonese word readings for 大班. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

(education) large class
(education, Mainland China) top grade in kindergarten
(Cantonese) senior business executive or entrepreneur operating in China; taipan
(Hokkien, dated) Peking opera

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