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鹼性土

简碱性土 · 繁鹼性土

Mandarin · pinyin jiǎn xìng tǔ

alkaline soil

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鹼: Look up this written character
性: xìng · nature, character, sex
土: tǔ · soil, earth; items made of earth
碱: jiǎn · alkaline, alkali, lye, salt

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3–4–3 · jian3 xing4 tu3

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gaan2 sing3 tou2

Cantonese word readings for 鹼性土. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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