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黔

Mandarin · pinyin qián#

(literary) black; to blacken

Mandarin · pinyin Qián#

short name for Guizhou 貴州 Guì zhōu

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黔: qián · black; Guizhou

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(literary) black
(obsolete) to blacken by tanning or exposure to smoke
(～州) Name of a prefecture in ancient China now located in Chongqing and Guizhou.
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 貴州／贵州 (Guìzhōu, “Guizhou”)
a surname

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