攤販

简 摊贩 · 繁 攤販
Mandarin · pinyin tān fàn

Meanings

  1. stallkeeper
  2. peddler
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tān · spread out, open; apportion
贩
fàn · peddler, hawker, street merchant
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1–4 · tan1 fan4

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noun

  1. street vendor; stall keeper

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