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印度支那

Mandarin · pinyin Yìn dù zhī nà

Indochina

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印: yìn · print, seal, stamp, chop, mark
度: dù · degree, system; manner; to consider
支: zhī · disperse, pay; support; branch
那: nà · that, that one, those

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4–4–1–4 · Yin4 du4 zhi1 na4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jan3 dou6 zi1 naa4

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(dated) Indochina (a peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia, consisting of the mainland portion, not including islands such as those of Indonesia)
(historical) Indochina (a former French colony in Southeast Asia comprising the peninsula containing Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos; in full, French Indochina)

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