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鳳凰
简 凤凰 · 繁 鳳凰Characters in this entry
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4–2 · feng4 huang2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
fung6 wong4
Cantonese word readings for 鳳凰. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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noun
- (Chinese mythology) fenghuang; the "Chinese phoenix" (Classifier: 隻／只 m)
- phoenix
name
- one of the era names of Last Emperor of Wu (272–274)
- (～縣) Fenghuang (a county of Xiangxi prefecture, Hunan, China)
- (～街道) Fenghuang (a subdistrict of Echeng district, Ezhou, Hubei, China)
- (～鎮) Fenghuang (name of various towns in China) — (～鎮) Fenghuang (a town in Xinzhou district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
- (～鎮) Fenghuang (name of various towns in China) — (～鎮) Fenghuang (a town in Wuxi, Chongqing, China)
- (～村) Fenghuang (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)
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