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活動扳手

简活动扳手 · 繁活動扳手

Mandarin · pinyin huó dòng bān shǒu

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活: huó · live, exist, survive; lively
動: dòng · move, happen; movement, action
扳: bān · pull; drag; right itself
手: shǒu · hand
动: dòng · move, happen; movement, action

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2–4–1–3 · huo2 dong4 ban1 shou3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

wut6 dung6 baan2 sau2

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