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巴爾喀什湖

简巴尔喀什湖 · 繁巴爾喀什湖

Mandarin · pinyin Bā ěr kā shí Hú

Lake Balkhash in southeast Kazakhstan

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巴: bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
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喀: kā · vomit; used in transliterations
什: shén · file of ten soldiers; mixed, miscellaneous
湖: hú · a lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green
尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle

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1–3–1–2–2 · Ba1 er3 ka1 shi2 Hu2

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baa1 ji5 kaa3 sap6 wu4

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Lake Balkash

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