See 桑田滄海 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
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"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄙㄤ ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄘㄤ ㄏㄞˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
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},
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],
"zh_pron": "ㄙㄤ ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄘㄤ ㄏㄞˇ"
},
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},
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},
{
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"Mandarin",
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"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "sangtyantsanghae"
},
{
"roman": "santjanʹcanxaj",
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"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "сантяньцанхай"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"zh_pron": "ㄙㄤ ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄘㄤ ㄏㄞˇ"
},
{
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],
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},
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"zh_pron": "ㄙㄤ ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄘㄤ ㄏㄞˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
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},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "sang¹-tʻien²-tsʻang¹-hai³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
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],
"zh_pron": "sāng-tyán-tsāng-hǎi"
},
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"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
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},
{
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},
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],
"zh_pron": "song¹ tin⁴ cong¹ hoi²"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn²¹ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/",
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