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西山

Mandarin · pinyin Xī shān

see 西山區 Xī shān Qū

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西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
山: shān · mountain, hill, peak

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1–1 · Xi1 shan1

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Western Hills (a range west of Beijing, China)
(～島) Xishan (an island in Lake Tai administered as part of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China)
(～鎮) Xishan (former name of 金庭 (Jīntíng) (= Jinting): a town on Xishan Island in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China)
(～街道) Xishan (a subdistrict of Echeng district, Ezhou, Hubei, China)
(～朝) Tây Sơn dynasty

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