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邴

Mandarin · pinyin bǐng#

ancient city name
happy

Mandarin · pinyin Bǐng#

surname Bing

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邴: bǐng · name of a city in the ancient state of Song, in what is now Shandong; pleased

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3 · bing3

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bing2

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a city in the ancient state of Song
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 邴邴 (bǐngbǐng, “happy; joyous”)
a surname

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