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西奈半島

简西奈半岛 · 繁西奈半島

Mandarin · pinyin Xī nài Bàn dǎo

Sinai Peninsula

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西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
奈: nài · but, how; bear, stand, endure
半: bàn · half
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岛: dǎo · island

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1–4–4–3 · Xi1 nai4 Ban4 dao3

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Sinai (a peninsula in eastern Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia)

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