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Original Text	Simplified Pīnyīn		English definition	Traditional HSK

幺	幺 Yāo	幺 \| 幺* \| *幺	surname Yao	么


	幺 yāo	幺 \| 幺* \| *幺	youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆, to shout	么


幺	幺 Yāo	幺 \| 幺* \| *幺	surname Yao	么


	幺 yāo	幺 \| 幺* \| *幺	youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆, to shout	么


路	路 Lù	路 \| 路* \| *路	surname Lu


	路 lù	路 \| 路* \| *路	road / CL: 條｜条 / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind	HSK 2

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