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廠子

简厂子 · 繁廠子

Mandarin · pinyin chǎng zi

(coll.) factory
mill
yard
depot

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廠: Look up this written character
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
厂: chǎng · factory, workshop; radical 27

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3–5 · chang3 zi5

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cong2 zi2

Cantonese word readings for 廠子. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

(countable, colloquial) yard (Classifier: 家 m; 間／间 m; 座 m; 個／个 m)
(countable, colloquial) factory; plant (Classifier: 家 m; 間／间 m; 座 m; 個／个 m)

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