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北半球

Mandarin · pinyin běi bàn qiú

the Northern Hemisphere

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北: běi · north; northern; northward
半: bàn · half
球: qiú · ball, sphere, globe; round

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3–4–2 · bei3 ban4 qiu2

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bak1 bun3 kau4

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name

Northern Hemisphere (the hemisphere in Earth to the north of the Equator, in which 90% of the total land area on Earth is located)

noun

(slang) upperboob (exposed upper part of a woman's breast)

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