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公共屋村

gung1 gung6 uk1 cyun1

public housing

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

公共屋村

This word was added by WANNABEAFREAK on 15th Jan 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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公 gung1 gong1 - public; grandfather; unselfish
共 gung6 gung1 gung2 gong4 gong1 gong3 hong2 ju4 - common; same; together; all
屋 uk1 wu1 - house
村 cyun1 cun1 - village; countryside; hamlet

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