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寫字枱

se2 zi6 toi4*2

xie3 zi4 tai2

writing desk | "枱" is an unofficial variant of "檯" but is sufficiently frequent in usage to warrant this dictionary entry

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 278,000

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

寫字枱

This word was added by tym on 21st Jan 2005 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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寫 se2 se3 xie3 {xie4} - write; draw
字 zi6 zi4 zi5 - word; glyph
枱 toi4*2 toi4 tai2 yi2 ci2 si4 - table; same as $; ancient unit of measu.

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