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美國之音

简美国之音 · 繁美國之音

Mandarin · pinyin Měi guó Zhī Yīn

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美: měi · beautiful, pretty; pleasing
國: Look up this written character
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
音: yīn · sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation; Kangxi radical 180
国: guó · nation, country, nation-state

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3–2–1–1 · Mei3 guo2 Zhi1 Yin1

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