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喀什噶爾

简喀什噶尔 · 繁喀什噶爾

Mandarin · pinyin Kā shí gá ěr

Kashgar or Qeshqer (Chinese Kashi) in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan

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喀: kā · vomit; used in transliterations
什: shén · file of ten soldiers; mixed, miscellaneous
噶: gá · used in transliterations
爾: Look up this written character
尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle

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1–2–2–3 · Ka1 shi2 ga2 er3

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(historical or poetic) Kashgar (a city in the Xinjiang autonomous region, China)

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