See Chiayi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "Цзяи́"
},
{
"alt": "嘉義",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a city in Taiwan",
"word": "Gia Nghĩa"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Chiayi",
"Chiayi Municipal Museum"
],
"word": "Chiayi"
}
Download raw JSONL data for Chiayi meaning in English (8.5kB)
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": Ka-gī vs. zh-min-nan",
"path": [
"Chiayi"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "proper noun",
"title": "Chiayi",
"trace": ""
}
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