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斑馬線
baan1 maa5 sin3
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zebra crossing — a level crossing (grade crossing) painted with black and white stripes across a road for motor vehicles, whose drivers must give way (yield) to any pedestrians crossing at such points [Var.] 斑馬綫 Level: 3 Google Frequency: 189,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 2167 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 28th Apr 2010 04:38 |
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Characters in this word:斑 baan1 - spot; spotted馬 maa5 - horse 線 sin3 - thread; line | ||
One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:
斑馬綫
baan1 maa5 sin3 = variant of 斑馬線 |
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