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鼻子

Mandarin · pinyin bí zi

nose
Classifier: 個 gè, 隻 zhī

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鼻: bí · nose; first; Kangxi radical 209
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch

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2–5 · bi2 zi5

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bei6 zi2

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noun

nose
(dialectal Mandarin, Jin, Xiang) nasal mucus; snot

noun

(obsolete) firstborn

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