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塞舌爾

简塞舌尔 · 繁塞舌爾

Mandarin · pinyin Sài shé ěr

the Seychelles

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塞: sāi · stop up, block, seal, cork; pass, frontier; fortress
舌: shé · tongue; clapper of bell; Kangxi radical 135
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尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle

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4–2–3 · Sai4 she2 er3

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coi3 sit3 ji5

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(Mainland China, Hong Kong) Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

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