See 若要人不知，除非己莫為 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
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"Standard-Chinese",
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"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Jyutping"
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"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Yale",
"Jyutping"
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"tags": [
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Yale",
"Jyutping"
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{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "joek⁹ jiu³ jan⁴ bat⁷ dzi¹"
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{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "tsoey⁴ fei¹ gei² mok⁹ wai⁴"
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"tags": [
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
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"zh_pron": "yêg⁶ yiu³ yen⁴ bed¹ ji¹"
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"tags": [
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
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"zh_pron": "cêu⁴ féi¹ géi² mog⁶ wei⁴"
},
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"ipa": "/jœːk̚² jiːu̯³³ jɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ fei̯⁵⁵ kei̯³⁵ mɔːk̚² wɐi̯²¹/",
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
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"zh_pron": "ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄔㄨˊ ㄈㄟ ㄐㄧˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄨㄟˊ"
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
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"zh_pron": "jo⁴ yao⁴ jên² pu⁴-chih¹ chʻu²-fei¹ chi³ mo⁴ wei²"
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"Standard-Chinese",
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"Jyutping"
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"Hong Kong",
"Jyutping"
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"Cantonese",
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"Cantonese",
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"Hong Kong",
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"Hong Kong",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
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