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杜布羅夫尼克

简杜布罗夫尼克 · 繁杜布羅夫尼克

Mandarin · pinyin Dù bù luó fū ní kè

Dubrovnik (city in Croatia)

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杜: dù · stop, prevent; restrict; surname
布: bù · cotton cloth, textiles, linen
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夫: fū · man, male adult, husband; those
尼: ní · Buddhist nun; transliteration
克: kè · gram; overcome; transliteration
罗: luó · net for catching birds; gauze

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4–4–2–1–2–4 · Du4 bu4 luo2 fu1 ni2 ke4

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Dubrovnik (a port city in southern Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea)

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