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江西

Mandarin · pinyin Jiāng xī

see 江西省 Jiāng xī Shěng

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江: jiāng · large river; the Yangzi; surname
西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146

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1–1 · Jiang1 xi1

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gong1 sai1

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name

(～省) Jiangxi (a province in southern China)
(～區域, formerly ～郡) Kangsŏ (a ward of Namp'o, North Korea)
(historical) region to the north of Yangtze River; sometimes includes the Central Plains (as opposed to 江東／江东 (Jiāngdōng)).

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