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唐山
tángshān
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English DefinitionTangshan prefecture-level city in Hebei; China (a name for China used by some overseas Chinese)
Simplified Script唐山
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyintángshān
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄊㄤˊ ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping)tong4saan1
Word Decomposition
唐tángto exaggerate; empty; in vain; old variant of 螗; Tang dynasty (618-907); (Chinese surname)
山shānmountain; hill; anything that resembles a mountain; bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons; gable; (Chinese surname)

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Words With Same Head Word    
唐代tángdàiTang dynasty (618-907)
唐朝tángcháoTang dynasty (618-907)
唐僧tángsēngXuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645
唐宋tángsòngthe Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties
唐诗tángshīTang poetry; a Tang poem
Words With Same Tail Word    
登山dēngshānto climb a mountain; climbing; mountaineering
中山zhōngshānrefers to Dr Sun Yat-sen; Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace; Nakayama (Japanese surname)
佛山fóshānFoshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong
上山shàngshānto go uphill; to spin cocoon (silkworms); to pass away
高山gāoshānhigh mountain; alpine
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