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匹茲堡
ㄆㄧ ㄗ ㄅㄠˇ
“Pittsburgh; city in southwestern Pennsylvania, USA, historically known as a major steel industry center and inland port.”
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匹
ㄆㄧ
Classifier for horses or other large animals; classifier for bolts of cloth; matching; comparable; equal in status or strength.
茲
ㄗ
This; now; year; time; surname; also used in place names like 龜茲.
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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- 城堡ㄔㄥˊ ㄅㄠˇcastle; fortified stronghold; rook in chess.
- 漢堡ㄏㄢˋ ㄅㄠˇHamburg (German city); hamburger; sandwich with a patty (beef, chicken, or pork) between bread buns
- 蓋茲ㄍㄞˋ ㄗGates (surname); refers to Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft; used in Taiwan as a transliteration of 'Gates'.
- 馬匹ㄇㄚˇ ㄆㄧhorses; a measure word for horses; horses counted in units of pi
- 堡壘ㄅㄠˇ ㄌㄟˇa fortified stronghold or fortress; a heavily fortified military structure; a metaphor for something hard to overcome or a stubborn person
- 阿茲海默症ㄚ ㄗ ㄏㄞˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄓㄥˋA progressive brain disorder causing memory loss and cognitive decline; Alzheimer's disease.
- 碉堡ㄉㄧㄠ ㄅㄠˇmilitary fortification built of brick, stone, or reinforced concrete for troop defense; bunker
- 奧林匹克ㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄆㄧ ㄎㄜˋthe Olympic Games; Olympics
- 古堡ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄠˇold castle; ancient fortress
- 伊斯坦堡ㄧ ㄙ ㄊㄢˇ ㄅㄠˇIstanbul; 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
- 愛丁堡ㄞˋ ㄉㄧㄥ ㄅㄠˇEdinburgh; capital city of Scotland, United Kingdom
- 克魯茲ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄨˇ ㄗCruz; transliteration of the Spanish/Portuguese surname meaning "cross"