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電話信號

简电话信号 · 繁電話信號

Mandarin · pinyin diàn huà xìn hào

telephone signal

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電: Look up this written character
話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
信: xìn · trust, believe; letter
號: Look up this written character
电: diàn · electricity; electric; lightning
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
号: hào · mark, sign; symbol; number

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4–4–4–4 · dian4 hua4 xin4 hao4

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din6 waa2 seon3 hou6

Cantonese word readings for 電話信號. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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