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"A district of Jincheng, Shanxi, China."
],
"links": [
[
"district",
"district"
],
[
"Jincheng",
"Jincheng#English"
],
[
"Shanxi",
"Shanxi#English"
],
[
"China",
"China#English"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/t͡ʃɛŋ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ʃʌŋ/",
"tags": [
"also",
"sometimes"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ʃɑŋ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ʃæŋ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʃɛŋ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʃæŋ/"
},
{
"enpr": "chǔngʹ"
},
{
"enpr": "jǔngʹ"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Chéng",
"sense": "district",
"word": "城"
}
],
"word": "Cheng"
}
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