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篔簹

简筼筜 · 繁篔簹

Mandarin · pinyin yún dāng

species of tall bamboo

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筼: yún · tall bamboo
筜: dāng · tall bamboo

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2–1 · yun2 dang1

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wan4 dong1

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noun

(botany) A kind of bamboo.

name

(～街道) Yundang (a subdistrict of Siming district, Xiamen, Fujian, China)
(historical) Yundang Bay or Harbor (篔簹港), the inlet of Xiamen Island once used by the port of Xiamen (厦門).
Yundang Lake (篔簹湖) in present-day Xiamen, formed by reclamation projects which sealed the former inlet.

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