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北屯

Mandarin · pinyin Běi tún

Beitun, city in Altay Prefecture 阿勒泰地區 Ā lè tài Dì qū, Xinjiang

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北: běi · north; northern; northward
屯: tún · village, hamlet; camp; station; hexagram ䷂

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3–2 · Bei3 tun2

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bak1 tyun4

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(～市) Beitun (a county-level city of the Xinjiang autonomous region, China)
(～區) Beitun, Beituen (a district of Taichung, Taiwan)

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