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額爾齊斯河

简额尔齐斯河 · 繁額爾齊斯河

Mandarin · pinyin É ěr qí sī Hé

Irtysh River, flowing from southwest Altai in Xinjiang through Kazakhstan and Siberia to the Arctic Ocean

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齊: qí · even, uniform, of equal length; Kangxi radical 210
斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
河: hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
额: é · forehead; tablet, plaque; fixed
尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle
齐: qí · even, uniform, of equal length

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2–3–2–1–2 · E2 er3 qi2 si1 He2

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