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貝塔

简贝塔 · 繁貝塔

Mandarin · pinyin bèi tǎ

beta (Greek letter Β, β)

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貝: Look up this written character
塔: tǎ · tower, spire, tall building
贝: bèi · sea shell; money, currency

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4–3 · bei4 ta3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bui3 taap3

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noun

beta (the second letter of the modern Greek alphabet)
(fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, a person of a secondary sex similar to normal humans, lacking the biological drives of alphas and omegas but generally capable of bonding and mating with either; beta
(vulgar, Internet slang, euphemistic) synonym of 屄 (bī)

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