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澳門

简澳门 · 繁澳門

Mandarin · pinyin Ào mén

Macao or Macau, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC (short name 澳 Ào)

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澳: ào · inlet, bay; dock, bank
門: mén · gate, door, entrance, opening; Kangxi radical 169
门: mén · gate, door, entrance, opening

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4–2 · Ao4 men2

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ou3 mun2 · ou3 mun4

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(～特別行政區) Macau (a city, special administrative region, and peninsula in China, west of Hong Kong)
(～市) (historical) Municipality of Macau (a former municipality of Macau)
(～村) O Mun (a village of Hang Hau Rural Committee, Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong)

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