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西城

Mandarin · pinyin Xī chéng

see 西城區 Xī chéng Qū

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西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
城: chéng · castle; city, town; municipality

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1–2 · Xi1 cheng2

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(～區) Xicheng (a district of Beijing, China)
(～街道) Xicheng (a subdistrict of Zengdu district, Suizhou, Hubei, China)
(～街道) Xicheng (a subdistrict of Jingzhou district, Jingzhou, Hubei, China)
(～經濟技術開發區) Xicheng (an economic and technological development zone in Zhangwan district, Shiyan, Hubei, China)
(literary) Alternative name for 西雅圖／西雅图 (Xīyǎtú, “Seattle (a city in Washington, United States)”).
an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 西城, Saijō

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