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編碼

简编码 · 繁編碼

Mandarin · pinyin biān mǎ

to code
to encode
code

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编: biān · knit, weave; arrange; compile
码: mǎ · number, numerals; yard; symbol

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1–3 · bian1 ma3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

pin1 maa5

Cantonese word readings for 編碼. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

(intransitive, verb-object) to code
(computing) to encode
(genetics) to code

noun

(intransitive) code; unique identifier
(computing) encoding; character encoding
(genetics) code

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