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大嶼山

daai6 jyu4 saan1

da4 yu3 shan1

Lantau island - a large island to the west of Hong Kong island and part of HKSAR
[also see] 爛頭島

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 215,000

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

大嶼山 / 大屿山

This word was added by carson on 12th Oct 2004 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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大 daai6 da4 dai4 - big
嶼 jyu4 zeoi6 xu4 yu3 - [n] island; islet
山 saan1 shan1 - mountain; hill; peak

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