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斜體

简斜体 · 繁斜體

Mandarin · pinyin xié tǐ

italics
slanting typeface

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斜: xié · slanting, sloping, inclined
體: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit
体: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit; inferior

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2–3 · xie2 ti3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ce3 tai2

Cantonese word readings for 斜體. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

(of handwriting) slanting script
(of typed script) italics

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