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北竿

Mandarin · pinyin Běi gān

Peikan Island, one of the Matsu Islands
Peikan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣 Lián jiāng xiàn, Taiwan

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北: běi · north; northern; northward
竿: gān · bamboo pole; penis

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3–1 · Bei3 gan1

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(～鄉) Beigan (a rural township in Lienchiang County, Taiwan, in the Matsu Islands)
(～島) Beigan (an island of the rural township of Beigan, Lienchiang County, Taiwan, in the Matsu Islands)

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