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[Guang3 gan1] -->
[guang3 gan1]


Basic Rules for Hanyu Pinyin Orthography

4.9.3 Capitalize the first letter of a combination of a proper noun and a common noun.
- Zhōngguórén 中国人 ‘the Chinese’
- Míngshǐ 明史 ‘Ming dynasty history’
- Guǎngdōnghuà 广东话 ‘Guangdong dialect’

Terms that have already become common nouns are not capitalized.
- guǎnggān 广柑 ‘Cantonese orange’
- zhōngshānfú 中山服 ‘a Chinese tunic’
- chuānxiōng 川芎 (a medicinal rhizome grown in Sichuan)
- zàngqīngguǒ 藏青果 ‘chinko’ (a species of olive grown on the Xizang plateau)

https://wenlin.co/wow/Project:Ci_Basic_Rules_for_Hanyu_Pinyin_Orthography

Lowercase in PLC and K.
Diff:
- 廣柑 广柑 [Guang3 gan1] /a variety of orange grown in Guangdong, Sichuan, Taiwan etc/
+ 廣柑 广柑 [guang3 gan1] /a variety of orange grown in Guangdong, Sichuan, Taiwan etc/
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