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退格鍵

简退格键 · 繁退格鍵

Mandarin · pinyin tuì gé jiàn

backspace (keyboard)

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退: tuì · step back, retreat, withdraw
格: gé · pattern, standard, form; style
鍵: Look up this written character
键: jiàn · door bolt, lock bolt; key

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4–2–4 · tui4 ge2 jian4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

teoi3 gaak3 gin6

Cantonese word readings for 退格鍵. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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