There appears to be some noticeable artifacts of Chinese in modern Mandarin and modern Japanese, because "Tu shu guan" and "To sho kan" both mean "library" in those languages, respectively.
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Guan
//ɡwɑn//
Synonyms for "guan"
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5 translations across 5 languages.
Chamicuro
1 entries- koc̈hoyi noun (several birds within the family Cracidae)
Dutch
1 entries- goean noun (several birds within the family Cracidae)
Finnish
1 entries- saku noun (several birds within the family Cracidae)
Portuguese
1 entries- jacu noun (several birds within the family Cracidae)
Swedish
1 entries- guan noun (several birds within the family Cracidae)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
At only 14 years old, Chinese golfer Guan Tianlang is set to become the youngest player ever to tee off at the prestigious Masters tournament in Augusta, Georgia, which begins Thursday.
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Teacher Guan!
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The 'true' (Penelope) guans also occur at a range of altitudes but like most species of cracids, are mostly restricted to forest, both montane and lowland. Piping-guans (Pipile) are primarily lowland species, whereas numerous monospecific (single-species genus) taxa of guans (i.e. Aburria, Penelopina, Oreophasis) are restricted to montane environments.
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