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北回歸線

简 北回归线 · 繁 北回歸線
Mandarin · pinyin Běi huí guī xiàn

Meanings

  1. Tropic of Cancer
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北
běi · north; northern; northward
回
huí · return, turn around; a time
歸
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線
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归
guī · return; return to, revert to
线
xiàn · line, thread, wire; clue
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Mandarin tones

3–2–1–4 · Bei3 hui2 gui1 xian4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bak1 wui4 gwai1 sin3

Cantonese word readings for 北回歸線. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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bak1 wui4 gwai1 sin3

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name

  1. (geography) Tropic of Cancer

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