WordTaiwan frequency #16,558
克里斯
ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄙ
“Chris; Christ”
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克
ㄎㄜˋ
To overcome; to subdue; to restrain; to be able to; to digest; to deduct; a unit of land area; used in transliterations.
里
ㄌㄧˇ
Inside, interior; a neighborhood or lane; a village; a surname; a traditional Chinese unit of distance (about 500 meters); (Taiwan) an administrative borough.
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'.
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Words sharing these characters
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- 公里ㄍㄨㄥ ㄌㄧˇkilometer; unit of length equal to 1,000 meters
- 里長ㄌㄧˇ ㄓㄤˇvillage chief; head of a li (village-level administrative unit) in Taiwan, between neighborhood leader and township/district mayor.
- 俄羅斯ㄜˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄙRussia; a country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia.
- 克服ㄎㄜˋ ㄈㄨˊto overcome (difficulties, obstacles); to conquer; to put up with; to endure
- 巧克力ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋchocolate; a sweet food made from ground cacao beans, sugar, and flavorings.
- 傑克ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄎㄜˋJack (playing card); the card ranked between ten and queen in a deck; also a common male given name.
- 奧斯卡ㄠˋ ㄙ ㄎㄚˇOscar (Academy Award); the annual American film award; (name) Oscar
- 公克ㄍㄨㄥ ㄎㄜˋgram; a unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram; commonly used in Taiwan.
- 貝克ㄅㄟˋ ㄎㄜˋBaker or Becker (surname); becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq)
- 詹姆斯ㄓㄢ ㄇㄨˇ ㄙJames (given name or surname); LeBron James (1984–), American NBA basketball player.
- 里民ㄌㄧˇ ㄇㄧㄣˊresidents of the same village or neighborhood; local community members in a village-level administrative unit.
- 阿里山ㄚ ㄌㄧˇ ㄕㄢAlishan; a mountain range in central-southern Taiwan, known for forests, railways, and scenic views.