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檢查哨

gim2 caa4 saau3

jian3 cha2 shao4

inspection post; checkpoint

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

檢查哨

This word was added by bybell on 2nd Jul 2006 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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檢 gim2 jian3 - sort; gather; inspect; collate
查 caa4 zaa1 cha2 chai2 {zha1} - research; check; investigate
哨 saau3 xiao1 shao4 - [1] [n] whistle; [v] blow whistle [2] [v] patr

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