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樓梯欄杆

lau4 tai1 laan4 gon1

lou2 ti1 lan2 gan1

[n] a balustrade

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

樓梯欄杆

This word was added by bybell on 11th Apr 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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樓 lau4*2 lau4 lou2 - multi-level building
梯 tai1 tai2 ti1 ti2 fou2 - [1] [n] ladder; steps; stairs; [2] something
欄 laan4 lian4 lan2 - [1] [n] railing; balustrade [2] [n] pan for do
杆 gon1 gan1 gan3 - pole; rod

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