shantytown in Chinese
shantytown in Chinese is 貧民窟 — shantytown means a district made up of huts, shacks and other rough, makeshift homes.
shantytown in Chinese
貧民窟
Pronounced: pín mín kū
An area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings.
What does "shantytown" mean?
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noun A district made up of huts, shacks and other rough, makeshift homes.
"The forest gave way to shantytowns that stitched themselves into waves of blue-tented internally displaced camps and then stone dwellings hundreds of years old."
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- The forest gave way to shantytowns that stitched themselves into waves of blue-tented internally displaced camps and then stone dwellings hundreds of years old.
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What is "shantytown" in Chinese?
"shantytown" in Chinese is 貧民窟. shantytown means: A district made up of huts, shacks and other rough, makeshift homes.
How do you pronounce 貧民窟?
"shantytown" in Chinese is 貧民窟, pronounced "pín mín kū".
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