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搖電話

简摇电话 · 繁搖電話

Mandarin · pinyin yáo diàn huà

(old) to make a phone call

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搖: yáo · wag, swing, wave; shake; scull
電: Look up this written character
話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
摇: yáo · wag, swing, wave; shake; scull
电: diàn · electricity; electric; lightning
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect

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2–4–4 · yao2 dian4 hua4

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jiu4 din6 waa2

Cantonese word readings for 搖電話. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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