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商城

Mandarin · pinyin shāng chéng#

shopping center
department store

Mandarin · pinyin Shāng chéng#

see 商城縣 Shāng chéng Xiàn

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商: shāng · commerce, business, trade
城: chéng · castle; city, town; municipality

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1–2 · shang1 cheng2

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noun

shopping centre

name

(～縣) Shangcheng (a county of Xinyang, Henan, China)

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