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冷氣機

laang5 hei3 gei1

leng3 qi4 ji1

air conditioner

Mandarin: 空調

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 258,000

冷氣機 / 冷气机

冷 laang5 laang5*1 leng3 ling2 - cool
氣 hei3 qi4 - gas; air; breath; anger
機 gei1 ji1 - machine

This word was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 25th Jan 2008

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