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中間
  jau5 bin1 duk6 bin1, mut6 bin1 duk6 zung1 gaan1   jyutping
Read the side if any; read the middle part if there is no side.

(This is a guesswork method people use to read a Chinese character when they do not know its exact pronunciation.)

This sentence can not be used in Spoken Cantonese

  Level: 3
有邊讀邊,沒邊讀中間。

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 jau5 jau6  you3 {you4}  - have
 bin1  bian1  - edge; nearby; border; margin [粵] which
 duk6 dau6  du2 dou4  - to read; attend school
 mut6  mei2 mo4 mo3  - sink; disappear; finished
中間  zung1 gaan1  zhong1 jian1  -  middle; centre; (placename) Chung Kan
This sentence was added by bybell and last edited on 25th Mar 2008
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