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北圻

Běi qí

2-character word

What 北圻 means

1. Tonkin, northern Vietnam during the French colonial period

The characters in 北圻

• 北běinorth; (classical) to be defeated
• 圻qíboundary; a border

Sounds the same

Read Běi qí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 北齐Qi of the Northern Dynasties (550-557)

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