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白鶴

简白鹤 · 繁白鶴

Mandarin · pinyin bái hè

(bird species of China) Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)

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白: bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
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鹤: hè · crane; Grus species (various)

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2–4 · bai2 he4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

baak6 hok2

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noun

Siberian crane; Siberian white crane; snow crane (Grus leucogeranus)
(Taiwanese Hakka) little egret (Egretta garzetta)

name

(～街道) Baihe (a subdistrict of Kaizhou district, Chongqing, China)
(～鎮) Baihe (a town in Fang, Shiyan, Hubei, China)

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