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蜑家

daan6 gaa1

[1] boat dwellers [2] Tanka is an ethnic group in China that has traditionally lived on junks in coastal parts of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and Hainan provinces, as well as Hong Kong and Macau.

variant form: 蛋家 | variant pronunciation: dang6 gaa1

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

Level: 3

蜑家

蜑 - (not in database)
家 gaa1 gu1 jia1 gu1 - home; family

This word was added by C Chiu on 22nd Mar 2008 and last edited on 8th May 2008

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