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三文魚
saam1 man4 jyu4*2
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salmon -- 三文魚 comes from the transliteration of the English name; the formal name for this fish is 鮭魚 [Syn.] 沙門魚 Level: 2 Google Frequency: 250,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 4685 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by nanimo on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 29th Dec 2008 02:59 |
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Characters in this word:三 saam1 saam3 - three; several文 man4 man4*1 man6 - written language; literary; civilian 魚 jyu4 - fish 3 compounds containing this word:三文魚子 - salmon roe; red caviar煙三文魚 - smoked salmon 紅鱒三文魚 - sockeye salmon |
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