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菜市仔名

Mandarin · pinyin cài shì zǐ míng

(Tw) popular given name (one that will turn many heads if you shout it at a marketplace) (from Taiwanese 菜市仔名, Tai-lo pr. tshài-tshī-á-miâ, where 菜市仔 means "marketplace")

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菜: cài · vegetables; dish, order; food
市: shì · market, fair; city, town; trade
仔: zǐ · small thing, child; young animal
名: míng · name, rank, title, position

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4–4–3–2 · cai4 shi4 zi3 ming2

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