"contam" meaning in Chinese

See contam in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kʰɔːn²² tʰɛːm⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰɔːn²² tʰɛːm⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: kon⁶ tem¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], kon⁶ tem¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], kon⁶ tém¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English contaminate. Etymology templates: {{der|yue|en|contaminate|contaminate}} English contaminate Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} contam
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to contaminate Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong

Download JSON data for contam meaning in Chinese (1.5kB)

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