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直隸

简直隶 · 繁直隸

Mandarin · pinyin Zhí lì

Zhili, a province from Ming times until 1928, roughly corresponding to present-day Hebei

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直: zhí · straight, erect, vertical
隸: Look up this written character
隶: lì · subservient; servant; Kangxi radical 171

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2–4 · Zhi2 li4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zik6 dai6

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

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name

(historical) (～省) Zhili (a former province in northern China from 14th-century Ming Dynasty until 1928, approximately modern-day Hebei, notably containing the city of Beijing)

verb

(literary) to be directly under the jurisdiction of

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