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Han (漢 / 汉)
Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province
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Transliteration of Hamburg
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Hancheng, the old Chinese name for Seoul
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Han Chinese, the major ethnic group in China
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Chengjisi Han, the Chinese name for Genghis Khan
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Khan is 汗
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Ming (明)
ming-zi, which means "name"
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cong-ming, which means "smart"
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Transliteration of Wyoming, Minnesota and Birmingham
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Ming Dynasty, from 1368 to 1644
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Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province in southwestern China
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Name is 名
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Zhou (州)
Continent, such as Asia, Africa, Europe
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Japanese islands of Honshu and Kyushu
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Cities, such as Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Zhengzhou
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State, such as California, Florida, New South Wales
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Continent is 洲
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Yang (陽 / 阳)
Cities such as Luoyang, Hengyang
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Positive, as in Yin and Yang
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yang-guang, which means "sunshine"
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A common Chinese surname
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Surname is 楊 / 杨, which means "poplar"
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Xi (習 / 习)
Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province
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xi-guan, which means "habit"
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Surname of Xi Jinping, the incumbent Chinese president
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lian-xi, which means "practice"
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Xi in Xi'an is 西, which means "west"
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Li (李)
Surname of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore first president
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Surname of Jet Li (movie star), Li Na (tennis player), Li Keqiang (Chinese premier)
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Royal house of Korean Joseon dynasty (1392 - 1897), 이 (Yi)
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Chinese mile (li), a traditional Chinese unit of distance
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Royal house of Vietnamese Lý dynasty (1009 - 1225)
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Chinese mile is 里
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Tai (臺 / 台)
Taizhou, a city in Zhejiang province
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Yantai, a city in Shandong province
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Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province
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ping-tai, which means "platform"
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Tai in Taiyuan is 太
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Lin (林)
Transliteration of Berlin and Dublin
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Linyi, a city in Shandong province
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Transliteration of (Abraham) Lincoln
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shu-lin, which means "forest"
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A common Chinese surname
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Lin in Linyi is 臨 / 临, which means "arrival or facing"
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