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西班牙

Mandarin · pinyin Xī bān yá

Spain

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西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
班: bān · class, group, grade; squad; job
牙: yá · tooth, molars, teeth; serrated

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1–1–2 · Xi1 ban1 ya2

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sai1 baan1 ngaa4

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Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)

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