蘇門答臘

简 苏门答腊 · 繁 蘇門答臘
Mandarin · pinyin Sū mén dá là

Meanings

  1. Sumatra, one of the Indonesian islands
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蘇
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門
mén · gate, door, entrance, opening; Kangxi radical 169
答
dá · answer, reply; return; assent to
臘
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苏
sū · revive, resurrect; a species of thyme; transliteration of 'Soviet'
门
mén · gate, door, entrance, opening
腊
là · year-end sacrifice; dried meat
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1–2–2–4 · Su1 men2 da2 la4

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sou1 mun4 daap3 laap6

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name

  1. (~島) Sumatra (the largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island)

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