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直升機

简直升机 · 繁直升機

Mandarin · pinyin zhí shēng jī

helicopter
Classifier: 架 jià

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直: zhí · straight, erect, vertical
升: shēng · arise, go up; hoist; advance; hexagram ䷭
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机: jī · desk; machine; moment

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2–1–1 · zhi2 sheng1 ji1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zik6 sing1 gei1

Cantonese word readings for 直升機. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

helicopter (Classifier: 架 m c)

adj

(Hong Kong Cantonese) below expectation; worse than anticipated; trappy

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