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塞拉耶佛

Mandarin · pinyin Sài lā yē fó

(Tw) Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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塞: sāi · stop up, block, seal, cork; pass, frontier; fortress
拉: lā · pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen
耶: yé · used in transliteration
佛: fú · Buddha; of Buddhism; merciful person; Buddhist image; the dead (Japanese)

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4–1–1–2 · Sai4 la1 ye1 fo2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sak1 laai1 je4 fat6

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(chiefly Taiwan) Sarajevo (the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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