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三文魚

saam1 man4 jyu4*2

san1 wen2 yu2

salmon -- 三文魚 comes from the transliteration of the English name; the formal name for this fish is 鮭魚

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 250,000

三文魚

三 saam1 saam3 san1 - three; several
文 man4 man1 man6 wen2 - language; culture; dollar
魚 jyu4*2 jyu4 yu2 - fish

This word was added by nanimo on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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