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杜塞爾多夫

简杜塞尔多夫 · 繁杜塞爾多夫

Mandarin · pinyin Dù sài ěr duō fū

Düsseldorf (city in Germany)

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杜: dù · stop, prevent; restrict; surname
塞: sāi · stop up, block, seal, cork; pass, frontier; fortress
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多: duō · much, many; more than, over
夫: fū · man, male adult, husband; those
尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle

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4–4–3–1–1 · Du4 sai4 er3 duo1 fu1

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dou6 sak1 ji5 do1 fu1

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Düsseldorf (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

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