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白雲

简白云 · 繁白雲

Mandarin · pinyin bái yún#

white cloud

Mandarin · pinyin Bái yún#

see 白雲區 Bái yún Qū

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白: bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
雲: yún · clouds; Yunnan province
云: yún · say, speak; clouds

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2–2 · bai2 yun2

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baak6 wan4

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noun

white cloud

name

(～區) Baiyun (a district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
(～區) Baiyun (a district of Guiyang, Guizhou, China)
(～山) Baiyun Mountain (a mountain range in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
(～礦區) short for 白雲鄂博／白云鄂博 (Báiyún Èbó, “Bayan Obo”)
(～村) Baiyun (a rural village in Jiaoxi, Yilan County, Taiwan)

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