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塘沽

Mandarin · pinyin Táng gū

Tanggu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區 Bīn hǎi xīn qū

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塘: táng · pond; tank; dike, embankment
沽: gū · buy and sell; inferior in quality

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2–1 · Tang2 gu1

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tong4 gu1

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(～街道, formerly ～區) Tanggu (a subdistrict of Binhai district, Tianjin, China; a former district of Tianjin, China)

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