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Chinese
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to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
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idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
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simp. and trad. (生意)
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生
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Pronunciation 1
Noun
生意
- business; trade (Classifier: 筆/笔; 樁/桩 m; 單/单 m c)
我們的那筆做生意的錢還沒有著落。 [MSC, trad.]
我们的那笔做生意的钱还没有着落。 [MSC, simp.]- Wǒmen de nà bǐ zuò shēngyì de qián hái méiyǒu zhuóluò.
- We still haven't secured the business fund.
呢排生意真係好好。 [Cantonese, trad.]
呢排生意真系好好。 [Cantonese, simp.]- ni1 paai4 saang1 ji3 zan1 hai6 hou2 hou2.
- Business has been booming lately.
Synonyms
- 交易 (jiāoyì)
- 商務/商务 (shāngwù)
- 商業/商业 (shāngyè)
- 業務/业务 (yèwù)
- 生理 (shēnglǐ) (literary or Hakka, Min)
- 買賣/买卖 (mǎimài)
Dialectal synonyms of
生意 (“business; trade”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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生意, 買賣
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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買賣
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Taiwan
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生意
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Harbin
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買賣
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Malaysia
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生意
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Singapore
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生意
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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買兒賣兒, 買賣, 生意
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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買賣, 生意
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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買賣, 生意
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Wanrong
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買賣, 生意
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Xi'an
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買賣, 生意
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Xining
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生意, 買賣
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Xuzhou
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生意, 買賣
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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生意, 買賣
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Lanzhou
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買賣, 生意
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Ürümqi
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買賣, 生意
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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生意, 買賣
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Wuhan
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生意買賣, 生意, 買賣
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Guiyang
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生意, 買賣
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Kunming
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生意
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Guilin
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生意
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Liuzhou
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生意, 買賣
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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生意
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Yangzhou
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生意
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Hefei
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生意
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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生意
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Hong Kong
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生意
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Macau
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生意
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Dongguan
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生意
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Yangjiang
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生意
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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生意
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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生意
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Gan
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Nanchang
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生意
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Lichuan
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生意
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Pingxiang
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生意
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Hakka
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Meixian
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生理
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Wuhua (Shuizhai)
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生理
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Wuhua (Huacheng)
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生理
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Wuhua (Changbu)
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生理
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Wuhua (Mianyang)
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生理
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Jiexi
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生理
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Luhe
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生理
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Yudu
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生意
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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生理
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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生理
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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生理
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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生理
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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生理
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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生理
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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生意
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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生意, 買賣
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Xinzhou
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生意, 買賣
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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生意
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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生意, 生理
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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生理
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Xiamen (Tong'an)
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生理
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Quanzhou
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生理
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Yongchun
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生理
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Zhangzhou
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生理
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Zhangzhou (Changtai)
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生理
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Zhao'an
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生理
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Dongshan
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生理
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Taipei
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生理, 買賣
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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生理, 買賣
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Kaohsiung
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生理, 買賣
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Yilan
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生理, 買賣
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Changhua (Lukang)
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生理, 買賣
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Taichung
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生理, 買賣
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Tainan
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生理, 買賣
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Hsinchu
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生理, 買賣
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Kinmen
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生理, 買賣
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Penghu (Magong)
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生理, 買賣
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Penang (Hokkien)
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生理
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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生理
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Manila (Hokkien)
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生理
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Longyan
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生理
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Chaozhou
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生理
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Raoping
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生理
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Shantou
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生理
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Shantou (Chenghai)
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生理
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Jieyang
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生理
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Haifeng
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生理
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Phnom Penh (Teochew)
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生理
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Singapore (Teochew)
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生理
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Leizhou
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商意
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Wenchang
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生意
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Haikou
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生意
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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生意
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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生意, 買賣
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Wu
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Shanghai
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生意, 買賣
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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生意
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Suzhou
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生意
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Danyang
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生意
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Hangzhou
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生意
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Ningbo
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生意
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Wenzhou
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生意
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Jinhua
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生意
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Xiang
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Changsha
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生意
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Loudi
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生意, 買賣
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Shuangfeng
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生意
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Derived terms
Pronunciation 2
Noun
生意
- vitality
Synonyms
Derived terms