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渴睡症

hot3 seoi6 zing3

narcolepsy

Level: 4 Google Frequency: 1,290

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

渴睡症

This word was added by nanimo on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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渴 hot3 kit3 ke3 jie2 - [1] thirsty [2] [v] long; crave; pine
睡 seoi6 shui4 - sleep; rest
症 zing3 zheng4 - disease; illness; ailment; symptom

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Decimal representation of this word: 渴睡症

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