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聽不見他們說什麼

聽不見他...

聽不見他們說什麼

ting ˉ buˊ jianˋ ta ˉ men˙ shuo ˉ shenˊ me˙

(Couldn't)

Couldn't hear what they said

聽不見

tingˉ buˊ jianˋ

(Can't hear, Couldn't)

Can't hear, Couldn't hear

不見 buˊ jianˋ

(Didn't see)

Didn't see

他們 taˉ men˙

(Their, Them, They)

They, Them, Their

說 shuo ˉ shuiˋ yueˋ tuo ˉ

(Delight, Explain, Influence, Narrate, Persuade, Please, Say, Scold, Speak, Talk, Tell, To narrate, To say)

Say, To say, Say/Says/Saying/Said, To narrate, Narrate/Narrates/Narrating/Narrated, Speak/Speaks/Speaking/Spoke, Talk, Tell, Explain, Scold, (Shui4), Persuade, Influence, (Yue4), Delight, Please

什麼 shenˊ me˙

(Any, What)

What, Any, What?

聽

Follow, Hear, Listen, Obey, Understand

Listen, Hear, Understand, Follow, Obey

不

Infix, No, Non, None, Not, Not able to, Un, Without

No, Not, Non, None, Not able to, Un, Without, Infix Used To Indicate Inability

見

Appear, Become apparent, Connect, Hear, Interview, Meet, See, Sense

See, Meet, Connect with, Interview, Appear, Sense, Become apparent, Hear

他

He, Her, Him, It, Other, Others, She, They

He, She, He, She, They, Him, Her, Other, Others, It

們

Plural, Pluralizer

Pluralizer, Plural persons, Plural Animal

說

Delight, Explain, Influence, Narrate, Persuade, Please, Say, Scold, Speak, Talk, Tell, To narrate, To say

Say, To say, Say/Says/Saying/Said, To narrate, Narrate/Narrates/Narrating/Narrated, Speak/Speaks/Speaking/Spoke, Talk, Tell, Explain, Scold, (Shui4), Persuade, Influence, (Yue4), Delight, Please

什

Miscellaneous, Mixed, Squad, What

What, Mixed, Miscellaneous, Squad Of Ten Soldiers

麼

Interrogative, What, Why

What?, (Ma2), Why, What, (Ma5), Interrogative, (Mo2)

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