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河南省

Mandarin · pinyin Hé nán Shěng

Henan Province, capital Zhengzhou 鄭州市 Zhèng zhōu Shì (short name 豫 Yù)

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河: hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
南: nán · south; southern part; southward
省: shěng · province; save, economize

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2–2–3 · He2 nan2 Sheng3

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