WordTaiwan frequency #12,598
伊莉莎白
ㄧ ㄌㄧˋ ㄕㄚ ㄅㄞˊ
“Elizabeth; transliteration of the female given name”
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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.
莉
ㄌㄧˋ
Jasmine flower; used in transliterating female names.
莎
ㄕㄚ
A type of sedge grass; a katydid insect; used phonetically in transliterations.
白
ㄅㄞˊ
White; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; surname; spoken lines in opera.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 明白ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄞˊto understand; to realize; clear; obvious; sensible; reasonable
- 白色ㄅㄞˊ ㄙㄜˋwhite; the color of light containing all visible wavelengths; politically, anti-communist or reactionary in Chinese context
- 白天ㄅㄞˊ ˙ㄊㄧㄢdaytime; the period between sunrise and sunset; during the day.
- 蛋白質ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄓˊprotein; a large biological molecule made of amino acids, essential for life functions such as growth and reproduction.
- 白宮ㄅㄞˊ ㄍㄨㄥthe White House; the official residence and workplace of the U.S. president in Washington, D.C.; often used as a metonym for the U.S. president and their administration.
- 白羅ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊa type of steamed white bread roll or bun, common in northern Chinese cuisine; a mantou.
- 伊朗ㄧ ㄌㄤˇIran; country in southwestern Asia, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- 蒼白ㄘㄤ ㄅㄞˊpale; wan; lacking color; bloodless; (of complexion) ashen; (of light or color) faint and bluish-white
- 白白ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄞˊin vain; for nothing; to no purpose; pointlessly; without result
- 白菜ㄅㄞˊ ㄘㄞˋChinese cabbage, especially napa cabbage; sometimes bok choy; a leafy vegetable with white stalks and green leaves.
- 伊斯蘭教ㄧ ㄙ ㄌㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋIslam; a monotheistic religion founded by the Prophet Muhammad in 7th-century Arabia.
- 白皮書ㄅㄞˊ ㄆㄧˊ ㄕㄨwhite paper; official government report or policy document, typically with a white cover; used in China, Taiwan, and other countries.