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視窗

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Mandarin · pinyin shì chuāng#

a window (on a computer screen)

Mandarin · pinyin Shì chuāng#

Windows (the Microsoft operating system)

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視: Look up this written character
窗: chuāng · window
视: shì · look at, inspect, observe, see

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4–1 · shi4 chuang1

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noun

(computing) window (area on a computer screen)

name

(～操作系統, ～作業系統) (dated) Microsoft Windows
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 微軟視窗／微软视窗 (“Microsoft Windows”)

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