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吳川

简吴川 · 繁吳川

Mandarin · pinyin Wú chuān

see 吳川市 Wú chuān Shì

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吳: Look up this written character
川: chuān · stream, river; flow; boil
吴: wú · name of warring state; surname

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2–1 · Wu2 chuan1

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name

(～市) Wuchuan (a county-level city of Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China)
(～縣) (historical) Wuchuan (a county of Gaozhou, Guangdong, China)

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