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金塔

Mandarin · pinyin Jīn tǎ

see 金塔縣 Jīn tǎ Xiàn

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金: jīn · gold; metals in general; money; Kangxi radical 167
塔: tǎ · tower, spire, tall building

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1–3 · Jin1 ta3

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gam1 taap3

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noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 金 (jīn), 塔 (tǎ). ("golden tower or pagoda, etc.")
(Cantonese) jar for holding the bones of a dead body

name

(～縣) Jinta (a county of Jiuquan, Gansu, China)
(Teochew) Phnom Penh (a city, the capital city of Cambodia)

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