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印支半島

简印支半岛 · 繁印支半島

Mandarin · pinyin Yìn Zhī Bàn dǎo

Indochina (abbr. for colonial term 印度支那半島 Yìn dù zhī nà Bàn dǎo)
(now written 中南半島 Zhōng nán Bàn dǎo)

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印: yìn · print, seal, stamp, chop, mark
支: zhī · disperse, pay; support; branch
半: bàn · half
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岛: dǎo · island

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4–1–4–3 · Yin4 Zhi1 Ban4 dao3

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jan3 zi1 bun3 dou2

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Indochina; Indochinese Peninsula

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