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瑤柱
  jiu4 cyu5   jyutping
dried scallop; dried fan-mussel ligament; dried adductor; conpoy

[variant names] 乾瑤柱, 江瑤柱, 乾貝
noun

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

This word has been viewed 3140 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 27th Oct 2005 04:16 and last edited on 22nd Jul 2010 05:14
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Characters in this word:

 jiu4  -  beautiful jade; precious; Yao ethnic group
 cyu5  -  pillar, post

2 compounds containing this word:

江瑤柱 - dried scallop
乾瑤柱 - dried scallop; conpoy
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