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鄂
Mandarin · pinyin È
Meanings
- surname E
- short name for Hubei 湖北 Hú běi
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- 鄂
- è · Hubei province; startled
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Mandarin tones
4 · E4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
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character · Etymology 1
- E (an ancient state located in modern Shanxi, Henan and Hubei, China)
- name of two ancient counties in Hubei and Henan
- name of an ancient city in modern Shanxi
- a region of ancient China around Nanyang in present-day eastern Henan
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 湖北 (Húběi): Hubei (a province of China)
- forehead
- tool to capture animals
- a surname
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