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百貨公司
baak3 fo3 gung1 si1
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department store; (MY/SG English) departmental store | Also '百貨店' | '百貨店' has a more Japanese feel to it than '百貨公司' Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word was added by tym on 9th Sep 2005 11:50 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:百 baak3 - hundred貨 fo3 - goods; products; cargo 公 gung1 - public; grandfather; unselfish 司 si1 - department; manage, control 1 compounds containing this word:馬莎百貨公司 - Marks & Spencer |
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