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珠江三角洲
zyu1 gong1 saam1 gok3 zau1
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Pearl River Delta (PRD), in Guangdong province, the economic, political and cultural centre of southeast China. Encompasses cities like Guangzhou (Canton) 廣州, Foshan 佛山, Dongguan 東莞, Zhongshan 中山, Zhuhai 珠海, Shenzhen 深圳 and neighbouring counties. Depending on who you ask, the PRD may or may not include Hong Kong 香港, and Macau 澳門.  Level: 4 Google Frequency: 1,180,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 2312 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:珠 zyu1 - pearl; bead; drop江 gong1 - large river; Chinese surname 三 saam1 saam3 - three; several 角 gok3 - horn; corner; cape; dime; role; contend 洲 zau1 - continent; islet |
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