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Pronunciation
为什么 ( wèi shén me ) 是 ( shì ) 48种 ( zhǒng ) 器械 ( qì xiè ) 呢 ( ne ) 那 ( nǎ ) 是 ( shì ) 相扑 ( xiàng pū ) 的 ( de )
为 (wéi, ㄨㄟˊ ) as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do [CE-DICT] (wèi, ㄨㄟˋ ) because of; for; to [CE-DICT]
什 (じゅう) (n) (1) (See 十) 10; ten; (2) (arch) book containing a collection of poems [EDICT] (shí, ㄕˊ ) tenth (used in fractions) [CE-DICT] (shén, ㄕㄣˊ ) what [CE-DICT]
么 (ma, ㄇㄚ˙ ) interrogative final particle [CE-DICT] (me, ㄇㄜ˙ ) suffix, used to form interrogative 甚麼|什么, what?, indefinite 這麼|这么 thus etc [CE-DICT]
种 (zhǒng, ㄓㄨㄥˇ ) seed; breed; species; race; strain; kind; type; sort; classifier meaning kind, type, sort; classifier for languages [CE-DICT] (zhòng, ㄓㄨㄥˋ ) to plant; to grow; to cultivate [CE-DICT]
器 (うつわ) (n) (1) bowl; vessel; container; (2) ability; capacity; calibre; caliber; (P) [EDICT] (き) (suf) (1) device; instrument; (2) vessel; container [EDICT] (qì, ㄑㄧˋ ) device; tool; utensil [CE-DICT]
械 (xiè, ㄒㄧㄝˋ ) tools [CE-DICT]
那 (nǎ, ㄋㄚˇ ) variant of 哪; how; which [CE-DICT] (nà, ㄋㄚˋ ) that; those; commonly pr. nei4 before a classifier, esp. in Beijing [CE-DICT]
是 (これ) (pn) (1) (uk) (See 何れ・1,其れ・1,彼・あれ・1) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (hum) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (arch) here; (5) (arch) I (me); (6) (arch) certainly; (P) [EDICT] (ぜ) (n) righteousness; justice; right [EDICT] (shì, ㄕˋ ) is; are; am; yes; to be [CE-DICT]
相 (こもごも) (adv) (uk) alternately; in succession [EDICT] (さが;なりくせ(性)(ok)) (n) (1) one's nature; one's destiny; (2) custom; tradition; habit [EDICT] (あい) (pref) together; mutually; fellow [EDICT] (しょう) (suf) minister of state [EDICT] (そう) (n) (1) appearance; look; countenance; (2) (See 女難の相) a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; (3) {ling} aspect; (4) {physics} phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous) [EDICT] (xiāng, ㄒㄧㄤ ) each other; one another; mutually [CE-DICT] (xiàng, ㄒㄧㄤˋ ) appearance; portrait; picture [CE-DICT]
扑 (pū, ㄆㄨ ) to assault; to pounce; to rush at sth; to throw oneself on [CE-DICT]