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縮略字

简缩略字 · 繁縮略字

Mandarin · pinyin suō lüè zì

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略: lüè · approximately, roughly; outline
字: zì · letter, character, word
缩: suō · contract, draw in, reduce

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Mandarin tones

1–4–4 · suo1 lu:e4 zi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

suk1 loek6 zi6

Cantonese word readings for 縮略字. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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