Chinese

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Three Feudatories city
trad. (三藩市) 三藩
simp. #(三藩市) 三藩

Etymology

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Phono-semantic matching of English San Francisco.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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三藩市

  1. (, formerly )[note 1] (especially Cantonese) San Francisco (a city in California, United States)

Usage notes

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  1. ^ Formerly referred to as 三藩市 or 三藩市 in an era where such cities were referred to as (equivalent to modern usage of ; is no longer in use today), it is now known as simply 三藩市.
    See also 三藩, where the resulting form 三藩市 was understood as having the optional suffix.

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