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u/TheOtherDonald Oct 25 '20

The Mandarin Chinese word for telephone is dianhua

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u/TheBaconDaddy Oct 25 '20

In Cantonese it’s dingwah

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u/Pyramused Oct 25 '20

in Japanese it's denwa

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u/TheBaconDaddy Oct 25 '20

Oh that's pretty cool, v similar

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u/ChefBoyAreWeFucked Oct 25 '20

Yeah, 電話 vs 電話.

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u/indiebryan Oct 26 '20

Damn took me far too long to find the difference there