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西哈努克

Mandarin · pinyin Xī hā nǔ kè

(King) Sihanouk (of Cambodia)

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西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
哈: hā · sound of laughter
努: nǔ · to exert, strive, make an effort; to pout
克: kè · gram; overcome; transliteration

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1–1–3–4 · Xi1 ha1 nu3 ke4

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sai1 haa1 nou5 hak1

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Norodom Sihanouk (Cambodian monarch and politician)
(～省) Sihanoukville (a province of Cambodia)
(～市, ～港) Sihanoukville (a city, the provincial capital of Sihanoukville, Cambodia)

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