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貴州省

简贵州省 · 繁貴州省

Mandarin · pinyin Guì zhōu Shěng

Guizhou Province, capital Guiyang 貴陽市 Guì yáng Shì (short name 貴 Guì or 黔 Qián)

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州: zhōu · administrative division, state
省: shěng · province; save, economize
贵: guì · expensive, costly, valuable

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4–1–3 · Gui4 zhou1 Sheng3

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