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坦噶尼喀湖

Mandarin · pinyin Tǎn gá ní kā Hú

Lake Tanganyika in East Africa

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坦: tǎn · flat, smooth; self-possessed
噶: gá · used in transliterations
尼: ní · Buddhist nun; transliteration
喀: kā · vomit; used in transliterations
湖: hú · a lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green

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3–2–2–1–2 · Tan3 ga2 ni2 ka1 Hu2

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(Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau) Lake Tanganyika

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