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南海
Mandarin · pinyin Nán Hǎi#
Meanings · Nán Hǎi
- South China Sea
Mandarin · pinyin Nán hǎi#
Meanings · Nán hǎi
- see 南海區 Nán hǎi Qū
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2–3 · Nan2 Hai3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
naam4 hoi2
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name
- South China Sea
- Nanhai (a lake in Zhongnanhai, Xicheng district, Beijing, China)
- (～區, formerly ～縣) Nanhai (a district of Foshan, Guangdong, China; a former county of Guangdong, China)
- (～鎮) Nanhai (a town in Songzi, Jingzhou, Hubei, China)
- (～鄉) Nanhai (a township in Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China)
- (historical) (～郡) Nanhai, a commandery of imperial China
- (literary, figurative) the extreme south
- (historical) Mount Putuo (an island and mountain in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China)
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