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三藩市

Mandarin · pinyin Sān fān shì

San Francisco (California)

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三: sān · three
藩: fān · fence; boundary; outlying border
市: shì · market, fair; city, town; trade

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1–1–4 · San1 fan1 shi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

saam1 faan4 si5

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(～, formerly ～埠) (especially Cantonese, US) San Francisco (a city in California, United States)

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