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唐山

Mandarin · pinyin Táng shān

see 唐山市 Táng shān Shì
China (a name for China used by some overseas Chinese)

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唐: táng · Tang dynasty; Chinese
山: shān · mountain, hill, peak

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2–1 · Tang2 shan1

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tong4 saan1

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name · Etymology 1

(overseas, dated) China
(overseas, dated) China — (specifically, Taiwan, Philippine Hokkien, dated) mainland China

name · Etymology 2

(～市) Tangshan (a prefecture-level city in northeastern Hebei, China)
Tang Mountain, Dacheng Mountain (a hill in the central part of the city of Tangshan, Hebei, China)

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