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啟海話

简启海话 · 繁啟海話

Mandarin · pinyin Qǐ hǎi huà

Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai

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啟: Look up this written character
海: hǎi · sea, ocean; maritime
話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
启: qǐ · open; begin, commence; explain
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect

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3–3–4 · Qi3 hai3 hua4

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