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百貨公司

baak3 fo3 gung1 si1

bai3 huo4 gung1 si1

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.

百貨公司

This word was added by tym on 9th Sep 2005 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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百 baak3 bai3 bo2 mo4 - hundred
貨 fo3 huo4 - goods; products; cargo
公 gung1 gong1 - public; grandfather; unselfish
司 si1 si1 si4 - department; manage, control

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