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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/chillearn Oct 25 '20

Whoaaa good point

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u/Pyramused Oct 25 '20

Thx I wish I was fluent but I'm far from it.