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Mandarin · pinyin Rì běn Diàn bào Diàn huà Gōng sī

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日: rì · sun; day; daytime
本: běn · root, origin, source; basis
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話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
公: gōng · fair, equitable; public; duke
司: sī · take charge of, control, manage; officer
电: diàn · electricity; electric; lightning
报: bào · report, tell, announce
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect

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4–3–4–4–4–4–1–1 · Ri4 ben3 Dian4 bao4 Dian4 hua4 Gong1 si1

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