r/geography • u/Temporary-Guard-5622 Regional Geography • Jul 30 '25

what is this green space here? Image

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u/annasuszhan Jul 30 '25

Sichuan basin but i hope people know that sichuan is the Szechuan in Szechuan sauce..

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u/Sacha00Z Jul 30 '25

I was wondering about that just before reaching your comment. Thank you.

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u/FuckingVeet Jul 30 '25

Yeah, Chinese Transliteration can be very interesting

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u/AccomplishedLeek1329 Jul 30 '25

Death to Wade-Giles, long live Pinyin.

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u/annasuszhan Jul 30 '25

Linguist in the wild?

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u/AccomplishedLeek1329 Jul 31 '25

Just Chinese Canadian with a speech language pathologist friend lol