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詹姆斯·喬伊斯

简詹姆斯·乔伊斯 · 繁詹姆斯·喬伊斯

Mandarin · pinyin Zhān mǔ sī · Qiáo yī sī

James Joyce (1882-1941), Irish modernist writer, author of Ulysses and Finnegans Wake

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詹: zhān · surname; talk too much, verbose
姆: mǔ · child's governess; matron
斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
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伊: yī · third person pronoun; he, she, this, that
乔: qiáo · tall, lofty; proud, stately

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1–3–1–2–1–1 · Zhan1 mu3 si1 · Qiao2 yi1 si1

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