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天安門廣場
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Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen 天安門 means "The Gate of Heavenly Peace") -- a large paved public plaza in the middle of Beijing 北京 in front of the Forbidden City 紫禁城 that was the site of various political events and protest movements during the 20th century. Level: 3 Google Frequency: 1,420,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:天 tin1 - sky, heaven安 on1 - peaceful; stabilize; install; fabricate 門 mun4 - gate, door; entrance 廣 gwong2 - broad; wide; vast; expand; spread 場 coeng4 - sports arena; open space; field; show |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).