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沿海地區

jyun4 hoi2 dei6 keoi1

yan2 hai3 di4 qu1

[n] coastland

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

沿海地區

This word was added by bybell on 20th Aug 2006 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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沿 jyun4 yan3 yan1 yan2 {yan4} | yan4 {y - to follow; to go along; along; to hand down
海 hoi2 hai3 - sea, ocean
地 dei6 dei6*2 dei2 di4 de5 de1 - earth; land; soil
區 keoi1 au1 qu1 ou1 - distinguish; area; few

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