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巧克力

haau2 hak1 lik6

qiao3 ke4 li4

chocolate (Mandarin transliteration) | Cant. 朱古力

This word can not be used in Spoken Cantonese 國

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 1,970,000

巧克力

巧 haau2 kiu2 qiao4 qiao3 - skillful; ingenious; clever
克 hak1 haak1 ke4 - win; overcome; conquer
力 lik6 li4 - strength; force; power

This word was added by aaron on 22nd Jul 2004 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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