三蕃市 (saam1 faan4 si5 | san1 fan2 shi4) : San Francisco

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三蕃市

saam1 faan4 si5

san1 fan2 shi4

the city of San Francisco, California, USA |
but more commonly known as 三藩市 or 舊金山

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

三蕃市

This word has been viewed 2775 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 23rd Sep 2005 09:57 and last edited on 11th Oct 2013 15:16

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Characters in this word:

三 saam1 saam3 - three; several
蕃 faan4 faan1 - flourishing; proliferate; foreign
市 si5 - market; fair; city; metropolis; trade

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

三藩市 saam1 faan4 si5 san1 fan1 shi4 = San Francisco

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Decimal representation of this word: 三蕃市

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