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波羅的海

简波罗的海 · 繁波羅的海

Mandarin · pinyin Bō luó dì Hǎi

Baltic Sea

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波: bō · waves, breakers; undulations
羅: Look up this written character
的: de · possessive, adjectival suffix
海: hǎi · sea, ocean; maritime
罗: luó · net for catching birds; gauze

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1–2–4–3 · Bo1 luo2 di4 Hai3

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bo1 lo4 dik1 hoi2

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Baltic Sea (a sea in Northern Europe, an arm of the Atlantic enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden)

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