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馬噶爾尼使團

简马噶尔尼使团 · 繁馬噶爾尼使團

Mandarin · pinyin Mǎ gá ěr ní shǐ tuán

the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793

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噶: gá · used in transliterations
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尼: ní · Buddhist nun; transliteration
使: shǐ · cause, send on a mission, order; envoy, messenger, ambassador
團: Look up this written character
马: mǎ · horse; surname; Kangxi radical 187
尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle
团: tuán · sphere, ball, circle; mass, lump

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3–2–3–2–3–2 · Ma3 ga2 er3 ni2 shi3 tuan2

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