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獅子山

简狮子山 · 繁獅子山

Mandarin · pinyin Shī zi shān

(Tw) Sierra Leone

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子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
山: shān · mountain, hill, peak
狮: shī · lion

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1–5–1 · Shi1 zi5 shan1

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si1 zi2 saan1

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Lion Rock (a mountain in Hong Kong)
Lion Hill (a hill in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)
Lionrock (name of two tropical cyclones)
(～共和國) (chiefly Taiwan) Sierra Leone (a country in Africa)
(～區) (historical) Shizishan (a former district of Tongling, Anhui, China, now part of Tongguan District)
(～街道) Shizishan (a subdistrict of Hongshan district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
(～街道) Shizishan (a subdistrict of Jinjiang district, Chengdu, Sichuan, China)
(～街道) Shizishan (a subdistrict of Yanjiang district, Ziyang, Sichuan, China)

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