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小括號

简小括号 · 繁小括號

Mandarin · pinyin xiǎo kuò hào

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小: xiǎo · small, tiny, insignificant
括: kuò · include, embrace, enclose
號: Look up this written character
号: hào · mark, sign; symbol; number

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Mandarin tones

3–4–4 · xiao3 kuo4 hao4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

siu2 kut3 hou2 · siu2 kut3 hou6

Cantonese word readings for 小括號. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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