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Jyutping lau4 kau4
Pinyin liú qiú

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. Ryūkyū
  2. refers to the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群島|琉球群岛[Liu2 qiu2 Qun2 dao3] stretching from Japan to Taiwan
  3. Liuchiu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞、專名
    沖​繩​嘅​古​稱
    Ryukyu
    琉球(りゅうきゅう)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. name
    Ryukyu, Ryūkyū (an archipelago in Japan)
  2. name
    Liuqiu (an island in Pingtung, Taiwan)
  3. name, historical
    Liuqiu, Lieuchieu (a legendary kingdom east of medieval China variously placed in the Okinawa, Taiwan, or the Penghu Islands)
  4. name
    Liuqiu (a township in Pingtung, Taiwan)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    在15世纪,琉球王国是中国帝国的附庸国。
    在15世紀,琉球王國是中國帝國的附庸國。
    zài 15 shì jì , liú qiú wáng guó shì zhōng guó dì guó de fù yōng guó 。
    • During the 15th century, the Ryukyu Kingdom was a tributary state of Imperial China.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    琉球群岛曾经是美国和日本激战地区,当地居民死亡惨重,战争创伤深深烙印在琉球人民心中。
    琉球羣島曾經是美國和日本激戰地區,當地居民死亡慘重,戰爭創傷深深烙印在琉球人民心中。
    liú qiú qún dǎo céng jīng shì měi guó hé rì běn jī zhàn dì qū , dāng dì jū mín sǐ wáng cǎn zhòng , zhàn zhēng chuàng shāng shēn shēn lào yìn zài liú qiú rén mín xīn zhōng .
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