WordTaiwan frequency #22,983
伊斯坦堡
ㄧ ㄙ ㄊㄢˇ ㄅㄠˇ
“Istanbul; largest city and chief seaport of Turkey, situated on the Bosphorus Strait; formerly known as Byzantium and later Constantinople; major commercial, industrial, political, religious, and military center; strategic gateway between Europe and Asia”
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伊
ㄧ
A third-person singular pronoun, meaning "he" or "she"; a second-person singular pronoun, meaning "you"; that; a surname; an introductory particle.
斯
ㄙ
This; here; thus; such; emphatic particle; phonetic character used in transliterations; archaic pronoun for 'this' or 'here'; archaic adverb for 'all'; archaic conjunction for 'then'.
坦
ㄊㄢˇ
flat; level; smooth; open-hearted; candid; frank; self-possessed; formerly a term for son-in-law
堡
ㄅㄠˇ
Fortress or stronghold; a fortified position; a village or small town, especially in northern China; used in transliterating foreign place names ending in -burg or -berg.
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Words sharing these characters
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- 坦言ㄊㄢˇ ㄧㄢˊto say candidly; to acknowledge frankly; to speak openly and honestly.
- 俄羅斯ㄜˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄙRussia; a country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia.
- 坦承ㄊㄢˇ ㄔㄥˊto confess; to admit openly; to come clean; to acknowledge frankly
- 奧斯卡ㄠˋ ㄙ ㄎㄚˇOscar (Academy Award); the annual American film award; (name) Oscar
- 伊朗ㄧ ㄌㄤˇIran; country in southwestern Asia, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- 詹姆斯ㄓㄢ ㄇㄨˇ ㄙJames (given name or surname); LeBron James (1984–), American NBA basketball player.
- 瓦斯ㄨㄚˇ ㄙgas (loanword); flammable gas such as coal gas or natural gas; in military contexts, poison gas.
- 漢堡ㄏㄢˋ ㄅㄠˇHamburg (German city); hamburger; sandwich with a patty (beef, chicken, or pork) between bread buns
- 坦然ㄊㄢˇ ㄖㄢˊcalm; undisturbed; at ease; with composure; openly and without guilt.
- 伊斯蘭教ㄧ ㄙ ㄌㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋIslam; a monotheistic religion founded by the Prophet Muhammad in 7th-century Arabia.
- 坦克ㄊㄢˇ ㄎㄜˋarmored military vehicle with tracks; (slang, derogatory) overweight woman.
- 斯文ㄙ ㄨㄣˊrefined; cultured; polite; gentle; (archaic) Confucian rites and education; (archaic) Confucian scholar