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塞瓦斯托波爾

简塞瓦斯托波尔 · 繁塞瓦斯托波爾

Mandarin · pinyin Sài wǎ sī tuō bō ěr

Sevastopol, port city on the Crimean Peninsula

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塞: sāi · stop up, block, seal, cork; pass, frontier; fortress
瓦: wǎ · tile; earthenware pottery; girl
斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
托: tuō · to hold up with palm; to support, rely on
波: bō · waves, breakers; undulations
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尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle

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4–3–1–1–1–3 · Sai4 wa3 si1 tuo1 bo1 er3

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(Mainland China, Hong Kong) Sevastopol (a port city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia)

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