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指天椒

Mandarin · pinyin zhǐ tiān jiāo

see 朝天椒 cháo tiān jiāo

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指: zhǐ · finger, toe; point, indicate
天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
椒: jiāo · pepper, spices

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3–1–1 · zhi3 tian1 jiao1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zi2 tin1 ziu1

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noun

(regional) facing heaven pepper (Classifier: 根 m; 條／条 c; 隻／只 c)

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