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白水

Mandarin · pinyin bái shuǐ#

plain water

Mandarin · pinyin Bái shuǐ#

see 白水縣 Bái shuǐ Xiàn

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白: bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
水: shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice

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2–3 · bai2 shui3

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noun · Etymology 1

plain boiled water
(literary) clear water

name · Etymology 1

(～縣) Baishui (a county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China)

name · Etymology 2

(Zhangzhou Hokkien) Tanka (group of people living in junks)

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