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食物環境衛生署
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Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (a government department in Hong Kong) [abbreviation]: 食環署 Level: 4 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
| 食物環境衛生署 / 食物环境卫生署 |
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This word was added by bybell on 4th Oct 2006 19:34 and last edited on 8th Sep 2010 07:17 |
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Characters in this word:食 sik6 zi6 ji6 - eat物 mat6 - thing; substance; stuff 環 waan4 - jade ring or bracelet; ring; bracelet 境 ging2 - boundary; frontier; region 衛 wai6 - guard; protect; defend; stand guard over 生 saang1 sang1 - life; birth 署 cyu5 - public office |
: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
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: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).