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天橋
简 天桥 · 繁 天橋Mandarin · pinyin tiān qiáo#
Meanings · tiān qiáo
- overhead walkway
- pedestrian bridge
Mandarin · pinyin Tiān qiáo#
Meanings · Tiān qiáo
- Tianqiao district of Jinan city 濟南市 Jǐ nán shì, Shandong
- Tianqiao district in Beijing, formerly a center of folk culture
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1–2 · tian1 qiao2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
tin1 kiu4
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noun
- overline bridge; platform bridge; overhead walkway; footbridge; overpass
- (Sichuanese, Hunan Tuhua) rainbow
name
- (～區) Tianqiao District (a district of Jinan, Shandong, China)
- Tianqiao (a subdistrict in the southeastern portion of Xicheng district, Beijing, China)
- (～村) Tianqiao (a village in Sandouping, Yiling district, Yichang, Hubei, China)
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