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阿空加瓜山

Mandarin · pinyin Ā kōng jiā guā Shān

Mount Aconcagua, Argentina, the highest point in the Western Hemisphere

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阿: ā · prefix for people's names; used in transliteration
空: kōng · empty, hollow, bare, deserted
加: jiā · add to, increase, augment
瓜: guā · melon, gourd, cucumber; Kangxi radical 97
山: shān · mountain, hill, peak

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1–1–1–1–1 · A1 kong1 jia1 gua1 Shan1

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aa3 hung1 gaa1 gwaa1 saan1

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Aconcagua (a mountain in Argentina)

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