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白山派

Mandarin · pinyin Bái shān pài

Sufi sect of Islam in central Asia

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白: bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
山: shān · mountain, hill, peak
派: pài · school of thought, sect, branch

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2–1–4 · Bai2 shan1 pai4

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baak6 saan1 paai3

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