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威化餅乾

简威化饼干 · 繁威化餅乾

Mandarin · pinyin wēi huà bǐng gān

(loanword) wafer (cookie)

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威: wēi · pomp, power; powerful; dominate
化: huà · change, convert, reform; -ize
餅: bǐng · rice-cakes, biscuits
乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
饼: bǐng · rice-cakes, biscuits
干: gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried

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1–4–3–1 · wei1 hua4 bing3 gan1

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wai1 faa3 beng2 gon1

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