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sak1 maan6 tai4 si1塞萬提斯塞万提斯

Jyutpingsak1 maan6 tai4 si1
Yalesāk manh tàih sī

Definition

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616), Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright, author of Don Quixote.

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T1High level
T2High rising
T3Mid level
T4Low falling
T5Low rising
T6Low level
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