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洋柿子

Mandarin · pinyin yáng shì zi

(dialect) tomato

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洋: yáng · ocean, sea; foreign; western
柿: shì · persimmon
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch

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2–4–5 · yang2 shi4 zi5

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noun

(dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Jin, dialectal Wu, Loudi Xiang) tomato

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