坦噶尼喀湖

Mandarin · pinyin Tǎn gá ní kā Hú

Meanings

  1. Lake Tanganyika in East Africa
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坦
tǎn · flat, smooth; self-possessed
噶
gá · used in transliterations
尼
ní · Buddhist nun; transliteration
喀
kā · vomit; used in transliterations
湖
hú · a lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green
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3–2–2–1–2 · Tan3 ga2 ni2 ka1 Hu2

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taan2 gaa1 nei4 kaa3 wu4

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name

  1. (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau) Lake Tanganyika

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