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長洲

简长洲 · 繁長洲

Mandarin · pinyin Cháng zhōu

see 長洲區 Cháng zhōu Qū

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長: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
洲: zhōu · continent; island; islet
长: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader

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2–1 · Chang2 zhou1

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coeng4 zau1

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name

Cheung Chau (an island of Islands district, Hong Kong)
(～區) Changzhou (a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu, China)
Changzhou (a district of Wuzhou, Guangxi autonomous region, China)
(～街道) Changzhou (an island of Huangpu district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
(～縣) (historical) Changzhou (a former county of Suzhou prefecture, Jiangsu, China)
(～町) Nagasu (a town in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan)

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