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誇休可爾症

简夸休可尔症 · 繁誇休可爾症

Mandarin · pinyin kuā xiū kě ěr zhèng

kwashiorkor (medicine)

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誇: Look up this written character
休: xiū · rest, stop; retire; do not!
可: kě · may, can, -able; possibly
爾: Look up this written character
症: zhèng · disease, illness, ailment
夸: kuā · extravagant, luxurious; handsome
尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle

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1–1–3–3–4 · kua1 xiu1 ke3 er3 zheng4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

kwaa1 jau1 ho2 ji5 zing3

Cantonese word readings for 誇休可爾症. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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