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格林尼治本初子午線

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Mandarin · pinyin Gé lín ní zhì běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn

the Greenwich meridian

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格: gé · pattern, standard, form; style
林: lín · forest, grove; surname
尼: ní · Buddhist nun; transliteration
治: zhì · govern, regulate, administer
本: běn · root, origin, source; basis
初: chū · beginning, initial, primary
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
午: wǔ · seventh earthly branch
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线: xiàn · line, thread, wire; clue

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2–2–2–4–3–1–3–3–4 · Ge2 lin2 ni2 zhi4 ben3 chu1 zi3 wu3 xian4

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gaak3 lam4 nei4 zi6 bun2 co1 zi2 ng5 sin3

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