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運河

简运河 · 繁運河

Mandarin · pinyin yùn hé#

canal

Mandarin · pinyin Yùn hé#

see 運河區 Yùn hé Qū

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河: hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
运: yùn · luck, fortune; ship, transport

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4–2 · yun4 he2

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wan6 ho4

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noun

canal (Classifier: 條／条 m c)

name

(～區) Yunhe (a district of Cangzhou, Hebei, China)
(～鎮, formerly ～鄉) Yunhe (a town in Xiangshui, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China, formerly a township)

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