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中南

Mandarin · pinyin Zhōng Nán

South Central China (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan)
abbr. for China-South Africa

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中: zhōng · central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain
南: nán · south; southern part; southward

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(～地區) South Central China (a region of China; consisting of Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan, and sometimes Hong Kong and Macau)
(～大行政區, ～區) (historical) South Central China (a former greater administrative region of China from 1949 to 1954, consisting of Wuhan, Guangzhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi)
(～半島) Indochina
(～里) an urban village in Nangang district, Taipei, Taiwan

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