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河口

Mandarin · pinyin hé kǒu#

estuary
the mouth of a river

Mandarin · pinyin Hé kǒu#

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河: hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
口: kǒu · mouth; open end; entrance, gate

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2–3 · he2 kou3

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noun

river mouth; estuary

name

(～瑤族自治縣, ～縣) Hekou Yao Autonomous County (a county of Yunnan, China)
(～區) Hekou District (district in Dongying, Shandong province, China)
(～鄉) Hekou (a township in Yuan'an, Yichang, Hubei, China)
(～村) Hekou (a village in Shuanghe, Togtoh, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China)
name of several other towns, townships, subdistricts and villages in China

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