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馬爾地夫

简马尔地夫 · 繁馬爾地夫

Mandarin · pinyin Mǎ ěr dì fū

the Maldives (Tw)

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地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
夫: fū · man, male adult, husband; those
马: mǎ · horse; surname; Kangxi radical 187
尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle

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3–3–4–1 · Ma3 er3 di4 fu1

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maa5 ji5 dei6 fu1

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(Taiwan) Maldives (an archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India)

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