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Chinese
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Noun
火水燈
- (Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin) kerosene lamp; paraffin lamp
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係吖、火水拿、先二十年個陣時不過有幾個西人使呮。而家拿、通城都有火水共火水燈賣、唔止城添、鄉下都有得出賣咯。 [Cantonese, trad.]
系吖、火水拿、先二十年个阵时不过有几个西人使呮。而家拿、通城都有火水共火水灯卖、唔止城添、乡下都有得出卖咯。 [Cantonese, simp.]- hai6 aa1, fo2 seoi2 naa4, sin1 ji6 sap6 nin4 go3 zan6 si4-2 bat1 gwo3 jau5 gei2 go3 sai1 jan4 sai2 zek1. ji4 gaa1 naa4, tung1 seng4 dou1 jau5 fo2 seoi2 gung6 fo2 seoi2 dang1 maai6, m4 zi2 seng4-2 tim1, hoeng1 haa5 dou1 jau5 dak1 ceot1 maai6 lok3.
- Yes; kerosene, for instance. Twenty years ago it was only used by a few foreigners in China; and now kerosene and kerosene lamps are for sale all over the city; and not only in the city, but in the country as well.
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