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談戀愛

taam4 lyun2 oi3

formal writen method to describe courting someone

This word can not be used in Spoken Cantonese 國

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 4,020,000

談戀愛

談 taam4 tan2 - talk, chat; gossip
戀 lyun2 lyun5 lian4 - love, to be in love
愛 oi3 ai4 - love

This word was added by 14K Guy on 27th May 2005 and last edited on 31st Jan 2007

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