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圖瓦盧

简图瓦卢 · 繁圖瓦盧

Mandarin · pinyin Tú wǎ lú

Tuvalu

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圖: Look up this written character
瓦: wǎ · tile; earthenware pottery; girl
盧: Look up this written character
图: tú · diagram; chart, map, picture
卢: lú · cottage, hut; surname; black

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2–3–2 · Tu2 wa3 lu2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tou4 ngaa5 lou4

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name

(Mainland China, Hong Kong) Tuvalu (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)

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