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平行六面體

简平行六面体 · 繁平行六面體

Mandarin · pinyin píng xíng liù miàn tǐ

(math.) parallelepiped

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平: píng · flat, level, even; peaceful
行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
六: liù · number six
面: miàn · face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176
體: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit
体: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit; inferior

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2–2–4–4–3 · ping2 xing2 liu4 mian4 ti3

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noun

parallelepiped

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