格子花呢

Mandarin · pinyin gé zi huā ní

Meanings

  1. tartan; plaid
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格
gé · pattern, standard, form; style
子
zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
花
huā · flower; blossoms
呢
ne · interrogative or emphatic final; (Cant.) this
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2–5–1–2 · ge2 zi5 hua1 ni2

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