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川

Mandarin · pinyin chuān#

(bound form) river
creek
plain
an area of level country

Mandarin · pinyin Chuān#

short name for Sichuan 四川 Sì chuān

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川: chuān · stream, river; flow; boil

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(archaic, poetic) river; stream; brook
(archaic, poetic) plain
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 四川 (Sìchuān, “Sichuan Province, China”)
(Taiwanese Mandarin) to boil briefly
(colloquial) alternative form of 穿 (chuān)
(Internet slang) short for 川普 (Chuānpǔ, “Donald Trump”)
a surname

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