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香格里拉市

Mandarin · pinyin Xiāng gé lǐ lā Shì

Shangri-La, a county-level city in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州 Dí qìng Zàng zú Zì zhì zhōu, Yunnan

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香: xiāng · fragrant, sweet-smelling; incense; Kangxi radical 186
格: gé · pattern, standard, form; style
里: lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
拉: lā · pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen
市: shì · market, fair; city, town; trade

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1–2–3–1–4 · Xiang1 ge2 li3 la1 Shi4

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