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皇姑

Mandarin · pinyin Huáng gū

see 皇姑區 Huáng gū Qū

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皇: huáng · royal, imperial; ruler, superior
姑: gū · father's sister; husband's mother

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2–1 · Huang2 gu1

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wong4 gu1

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noun

(literary, honorific) deceased mother-in-law (mother of a woman's husband)
(literary) paternal aunt (father's sister) or sister of an emperor

name

(～區) Huanggu (a district of Shenyang, Liaoning, China)

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