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白蝕症

简白蚀症 · 繁白蝕症

Mandarin · pinyin bái shí zhèng

vitiligo

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白: bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
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症: zhèng · disease, illness, ailment
蚀: shí · nibble away; erode; eclipse

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2–2–4 · bai2 shi2 zheng4

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baak6 sik6 zing3

Cantonese word readings for 白蝕症. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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