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三文治

saam1 man4 zi6

sandwich - direct transliteration of the English word "sandwich"; Mandarin uses 三明治

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 78,900

三文治

三 saam1 saam3 san1 - three; several
文 man4 man4*2 man1 man6 wen2 - language; culture; dollar
治 zi6 zhi4 chi2 tai1 yi2 - govern; regulate; rule

This word was added by spacemonkey on 14th Oct 2004 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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