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收報員

简收报员 · 繁收報員

Mandarin · pinyin shōu bào yuán

telegraph operator

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收: shōu · gather together, collect; harvest
報: Look up this written character
員: Look up this written character
报: bào · report, tell, announce
员: yuán · member; personnel, staff member

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1–4–2 · shou1 bao4 yuan2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sau1 bou3 jyun4

Cantonese word readings for 收報員. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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