亚马孙河

亞馬孫河
YàmǎsūnHé
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Meanings

  1. 1 Amazon River
  2. 2 the largest river in South America by discharge volume

Examples

Yàmǎsūn Hé liújīng Bāxī.
The Amazon River flows through Brazil.
Yàmǎsūn Hé shì shìjiè shàng liúliàng zuì dà de héliú.
The Amazon has the largest discharge volume of any river in the world.

Tips

usage
Mainland uses (Yàmǎsūn); Taiwan and older Mainland writings use 亚马逊 (Yàmǎxùn) — the same Amazon, different transliteration. The e-commerce company (Amazon Inc.) is consistently 亚马逊 in Mainland press, which sometimes confuses learners.
memory
Don't mix up the river's with the company's 亚马逊 (亚马逊公司 = Amazon Inc.). Different / character, same Amazon source.

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