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香港回歸

hoeng1 gong2 wui4 gwai1

the return of Hong Kong to China in 1997

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

香港回歸

This word was added by bybell on 27th Nov 2006 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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香 hoeng1 xiang1 - fragrant; aromatic
港 gong2 gang3 hong1 xiang4 - seaport; harbour
回 wui4 hui2 - turn around; return; answer
歸 gwai1 gwai6 kwai3 kwai5 gui1 kui4 - [1] [v] come back; return [2] [v] return

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