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關西

简关西 · 繁關西

Mandarin · pinyin Guān xī

Kansai region, Japan
Guanxi or Kuanhsi town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣 Xīn zhú Xiàn, northwest Taiwan

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西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
关: guān · frontier pass; close; relation

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noun

(archaic) the area to the west of Hangu Pass

name

the Kansai region, a center-west area of Japan, between the areas of 中国 (Chūgoku) and 中部 (Chūbu)
(～地方) the Kwansŏ region of North Korea
(～鎮) Guanxi, Guansi, Kuanhsi (an urban township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan)
(～社區) Guanxi (a residential community in Zhuodaoquan, Hongshan district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
Kwanso (the area corresponding to present-day North Pyongan, South Pyongan, and Chagang provinces)

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