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康 – Kang1 – Healthy
康涅狄格 – Kang1 Nie4 Di2 Ge2 – Connecticut. Also shortened to 康州 – Kang1 Zhou1. 州 means State, so is Connecticut the healthy state?
(I used to always overhear people asking Jenny, in Chinese, where we lived. She would reply 康州 – Kang1 Zhou1. I assumed it meant “condo”, only recently did I learn the truth.)
康 also has something to do with our Special Guest for the trip to the Zoo tomorrow. Can you guess what it is?