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蒙古沙鴴

简蒙古沙鸻 · 繁蒙古沙鴴

Mandarin · pinyin Měng gǔ shā héng

(bird species of China) Siberian sand plover (Anarhynchus mongolus)

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蒙: méng · cover; ignorant; suffer; Mongolia; hexagram ䷃
古: gǔ · old, classic, ancient
沙: shā · sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
鴴: Look up this written character
鸻: héng · plover

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3–3–1–2 · Meng3 gu3 sha1 heng2

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mung4 gu2 saa1 hang4

Cantonese word readings for 蒙古沙鴴. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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