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長coeng4江gong1

simp长江
coeng4 gong1Cháng Jiāng

English

  1. Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
  2. (spelling) the spelling in Hong Kong should be: Cheung Kong
  3. Yangtze River

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 河名;源於青藏高原,由西向東流,最後至上海到東海,係中國最長嘅河流

Examples

  • 长江是亚洲的最长江,6380公里。

    The Yangtze, at 6,380 km, is Asia's longest river.

    Tatoeba · swolesuki CC BY

  • 喜馬拉雅山脈被稱為亞洲的水塔,孕育了長江、恆河、印度河等 10 條主要河流。

    Known as the water towers of Asia, the Himalayas feed 10 major rivers such as the Yangtze, the Ganges and the Indus.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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