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美籍華人

mei5 zik6 waa4 jan4

mei3 ji2 hua2 ren2

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

美籍華人

This word was added by bybell on 5th Dec 2006 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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美 mei5 mei3 - beautiful
籍 zik6 xie4 jie4 ji2 - [1] books; volumes; reading materials [2] [n]
華 waa4 faa1 waa6 hua2 kua1 {hua1} {hua4} - China; brilliant; splendour
人 jan4 jan4*2 ren2 - person

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