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土城

Mandarin · pinyin Tǔ chéng

see 土城區 Tǔ chéng Qū

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土: tǔ · soil, earth; items made of earth
城: chéng · castle; city, town; municipality

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3–2 · Tu3 cheng2

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name

the ruins of the walls of Khanbalik, the Yuan capital, located in Beijing, China
neighborhoods in Tianjin, Taipei, and Pyongyang named for the ruins of nearby earthen fortifications
a township in Wuxi County, Chongqing, China
(～區) Tucheng (a district of New Taipei City, Taiwan)
(～鎮) Tucheng (a town in Fang, Shiyan, Hubei, China)
(～鎮, formerly ～鄉) Tucheng (a town in Wuxi, Chongqing, China, formerly a township)
(～鄉) Tucheng (a township in Dianjun district, Yichang, Hubei, China)

noun

any earthen fortification or rampart

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