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亞士匹靈

aa3 si6 pat1 ling4

aspirin [華]: 阿斯匹靈, 阿司匹林, 阿士匹靈

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Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

亞士匹靈 / 亚士匹灵

This word was added by bybell on 8th Dec 2005 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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亞 aa3 ya4 - second; Asia
士 si6 shi4 - "knight" radical; scholar
匹 pat1 pi3 - a match; classifier for horses
靈 ling4 leng4 ling2 - spirit, soul

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