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電話鈴聲

简电话铃声 · 繁電話鈴聲

Mandarin · pinyin diàn huà líng shēng

(telephone) ring
ringing

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電: Look up this written character
話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
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聲: shēng · sound, voice, noise; tone; music
电: diàn · electricity; electric; lightning
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
铃: líng · bell
声: shēng · sound, voice, noise; tone; music

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4–4–2–1 · dian4 hua4 ling2 sheng1

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