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Mandarin · pinyin Suí yuǎn

old name for district of Hohhot city 呼和浩特 Hū hé hào tè, Inner Mongolia

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遠: yuǎn · distant, remote, far; profound
绥: suí · soothe, appease, pacify
远: yuǎn · distant, remote, far; profound

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2–3 · Sui2 yuan3

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(～城) Suiyuan (one of the two towns that merged to form modern Guisui, or modern Hohhot in Inner Mongolia autonomous region)
(～省) Suiyuan (a former province of China)

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