圐圙

Mandarin · pinyin kū lüè

Meanings

  1. enclosed pasture (Mongolian loanword)
  2. now mostly replaced by 庫倫 kù lún
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圐
kū · place in Shānyīn county, Shānxī
圙
lüè · used in 圐圙[ku1 lu:e4]
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1–4 · ku1 lu:e4

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ku1 loek6

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noun

  1. (Jin) enclosed yard or grassland (chiefly used in placenames in Shanxi and Inner Mongolia)

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