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麥當勞

简麦当劳 · 繁麥當勞

Mandarin · pinyin Mài dāng láo

McDonald's (fast food company)

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當: dāng · bear, accept, undertake; just
勞: Look up this written character
麦: mài · wheat, barley, oats; simplified form of Kangxi radical 199
当: dāng · bear, accept, undertake; just
劳: láo · labor, toil, do manual work

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4–1–2 · Mai4 dang1 lao2

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mak6 dong1 lou4

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McDonald's (fast food restaurant chain)
(Cantonese) Alternative term for 麥克唐納／麦克唐纳 (Màikètángnà, “McDonald”), a transliteration of the English surname McDonald

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