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消防員

siu1 fong4 jyun4

xiao1 fang2 yuan2

firemen; firewoman; fire personnel; fire fighter

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 369,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

消防員

This word was added by bybell on 2nd Sep 2005 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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消 siu1 xiao1 - vanish; disperse; quench
防 fong4 fang2 - defend; prevent
員 jyun4 wan4 wan6 yuan2 yun2 yun4 - personnel; staff member

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消防員救出被困電梯內嘅三人。粵 edit
Fire fighters rescued three people trapped inside a lift.

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