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阿里巴巴

Mandarin · pinyin Ā lǐ Bā bā#

Ali Baba, character from The Arabian Nights

Mandarin · pinyin Ā lǐ bā bā#

Alibaba, PRC e-commerce company

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阿: ā · prefix for people's names; used in transliteration
里: lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
巴: bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope

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1–3–1–1 · A1 li3 Ba1 ba1

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name

Ali Baba
(Internet) Alibaba Group (major Chinese technology company)

noun

(derogatory, ethnic slur) Used by ethnic Han as a pejorative for a thieving Muslim in Xinjiang, Africa, etc.

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