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新聞發言人

简新闻发言人 · 繁新聞發言人

Mandarin · pinyin xīn wén fā yán rén

spokesman

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新: xīn · new, recent, fresh, modern
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發: fā · issue, dispatch, send out, emit
言: yán · words, speech; speak, say; Kangxi radical 149
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
闻: wén · hear; smell; make known; news
发: fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair

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1–2–1–2–2 · xin1 wen2 fa1 yan2 ren2

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san1 man4 faat3 jin4 jan4

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noun

spokesman

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