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新西蘭

简新西兰 · 繁新西蘭

Mandarin · pinyin Xīn xī lán

New Zealand

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新: xīn · new, recent, fresh, modern
西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
蘭: Look up this written character
兰: lán · orchid; elegant, graceful

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1–1–2 · Xin1 xi1 lan2

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san1 sai1 laan4

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name · Etymology 1

(Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore) New Zealand (a country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia)

name · Etymology 2

(Mainland China, military, slang) Xinjiang, Tibet and Lanzhou military region (in 2016 merged to form the Western Theater Command)

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