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Mandarin · pinyin zì mǔ cí

word that contains one or more letters of an alphabet (e.g. HSK, PK, WTO, PO文, PM2.5, γ射線 γ shè xiàn)

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字: zì · letter, character, word
母: mǔ · mother; female elders; female
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词: cí · words; phrase, expression

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4–3–2 · zi4 mu3 ci2

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