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Mandarin · pinyin cí gēn yǔ

(linguistics) analytic language

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根: gēn · root, base(d on); foundation
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词: cí · words; phrase, expression
语: yǔ · language, words; saying, expression

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2–1–3 · ci2 gen1 yu3

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