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沿灘

简沿滩 · 繁沿灘

Mandarin · pinyin Yán tān

see 沿灘區 Yán tān Qū

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沿: yán · follow a course, go along
灘: Look up this written character
滩: tān · bank, a sandbar, shoal; rapids

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2–1 · Yan2 tan1

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jyun4 taan1

Cantonese word readings for 沿灘. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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