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鐵球

简铁球 · 繁鐵球

Mandarin · pinyin tiě qiú

kung fu balls

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球: qiú · ball, sphere, globe; round
铁: tiě · iron; strong, solid, firm

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3–2 · tie3 qiu2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tit3 kau4

Cantonese word readings for 鐵球. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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