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太古洋行

Mandarin · pinyin Tài gǔ Yáng háng

Butterfield and Swire (Hong Kong bank)

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太: tài · very, too, much; big; extreme
古: gǔ · old, classic, ancient
洋: yáng · ocean, sea; foreign; western
行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144

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4–3–2–2 · Tai4 gu3 Yang2 hang2

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