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白果

Mandarin · pinyin bái guǒ

ginkgo

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白: bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
果: guǒ · fruit; result

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2–3 · bai2 guo3

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baak6 gwo2

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noun

ginkgo nut (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 粒 m c)
(～樹) ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba, tree) (Classifier: 棵 m)
(dialectal Mandarin, erhua-ed in Beijing Mandarin) chicken egg
(Southern Sixian Hakka) wax apple

name

(～鎮) Baiguo (a town in Macheng, Huanggang, Hubei, China)
(～鎮) Baiguo (a town in Jintang, Chengdu, Sichuan, China)
(～鄉) Baiguo (a township in Enshi City, Enshi Prefecture, Hubei, China)
(～鄉) Baiguo (a township in Zhongjiang, Deyang, Sichuan, China)
(～鄉) Baiguo (a township in Zhaohua district, Guangyuan, Sichuan, China)

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