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濟州

简济州 · 繁濟州

Mandarin · pinyin Jì zhōu

Jeju Island special autonomous province (Cheju Island), South Korea, a World Heritage site

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濟: Look up this written character
州: zhōu · administrative division, state
济: jì · help, aid, relieve; ferry, cross

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4–1 · Ji4 zhou1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zai3 zau1

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

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name

(historical) Jizhou (an ancient prefecture in modern Henan and Shandong, China)
(historical) Jizhou (an ancient prefecture in modern Shandong, China)
(historical) Jizhou (an ancient prefecture in modern Jilin, China)
(～島) Jeju (an island of South Korea)
(～道, ～特別自治道) Jeju (a province of South Korea; capital: Jeju)
(～市) Jeju (the capital city of Jeju Province, South Korea)

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