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葡萄牙人

pou4 tou4 ngaa4 jan4

a Portuguese person

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

葡萄牙人

This word was added by bybell on 13th Dec 2006 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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葡 pou4 bei4 pu2 - [1] the grave; vine [2] short for Portugal
萄 tou4 tao2 - used in combination for grapes
牙 ngaa4 ya2 - teeth, tooth
人 jan4 jan4*2 ren2 - person

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