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水原

Mandarin · pinyin Shuǐ yuán

Suweon City, capital of Gyeonggi province 京畿道 Jīng jī dào, South Korea

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水: shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice
原: yuán · source, origin, beginning

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3–2 · Shui3 yuan2

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(～市) Suwon (a city in South Korea)
an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 水原, Mizuhara

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