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支系統

简支系统 · 繁支系統

Mandarin · pinyin zhī xì tǒng

subsystem

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支: zhī · disperse, pay; support; branch
系: xì · system; line, link, connection
統: Look up this written character
统: tǒng · govern, command, control; unite

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1–4–3 · zhi1 xi4 tong3

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zi1 hai6 tung2

Cantonese word readings for 支系統. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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