套筒扳手

Mandarin · pinyin tào tǒng bān shǒu

Meanings

  1. socket spanner
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套
tào · case, cover, wrapper, envelope
筒
tǒng · thick piece of bamboo; pipe
扳
bān · pull; drag; right itself
手
shǒu · hand
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4–3–1–3 · tao4 tong3 ban1 shou3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tou3 tung2 baan2 sau2

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