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邵逸夫

Mandarin · pinyin Shào Yì fū

Run Run Shaw (1907-2014), Hong Kong movie and television tycoon

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邵: shào · surname; various place names
逸: yì · flee, escape, break loose
夫: fū · man, male adult, husband; those

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4–4–1 · Shao4 Yi4 fu1

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siu6 jat6 fu1

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