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南腔北調 (naam4 hong1 bak1 diu6) — speak Mandarin with southern accent in Cantonese

naamˎ₄南hongˉ¹腔bakˉ¹北diuˍ₆調
简 南腔北调
Mandarin Pinyin: nan2 qiang1 bei3 diao4

Meaning of 南腔北調

nounspeak Mandarin with southern accent

Characters in 南腔北調

南naam4
south; southern
腔hong1
accent; tone; tune; pitch; speech
北bak1
north; northern; northerly; northward
調diu6
tune; tone; key; accent

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