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地下室

dei6 haa6 sat1

di4 xia4 shi4

basement

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Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

地下室

This word was added by tym on 28th Sep 2005 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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地 dei6 dei6*2 dei2 di4 de5 de1 - earth; land; soil
下 haa6 haa6*2 haa5 xia4 - down; under
室 sat1 shi4 - room; home; chamber

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Decimal representation of this word: 地下室

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