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大洋

Mandarin · pinyin dà yáng

ocean
(old) silver dollar
(slang) Chinese yuan

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
洋: yáng · ocean, sea; foreign; western

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4–2 · da4 yang2

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daai6 joeng2

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noun

ocean; sea (as a whole)
silver dollar
(colloquial) a specific currency unit, e.g. yuan

name

(～鎮) Dayang (a town in Jiande, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)
(～鎮) Dayang (a town in Jinyun, Lishui, Zhejiang, China)
(～鎮) Dayang (a town in Yongtai, Fuzhou, Fujian, China)
(～鎮) Dayang (a town in Guiping, Guigang, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China)
(～鄉) Dayang (a township in Tang, Baoding, Hebei, China)
(～鄉) Dayang (a township in Hanjiang district, Putian, Fujian, China)

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