WordTaiwan frequency #14,696
威爾斯
ㄨㄟ ㄦˇ ㄙ
“Wales; a country that is part of the United Kingdom, located in the west of Great Britain.”
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威
ㄨㄟ
Power; might; prestige; influence; authority; to awe; to intimidate; to coerce
爾
ㄦˇ
A function word; you; thus; so; like that; this; that; a final particle indicating mild exclamation or question.
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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- 威脅ㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄝˊto threaten; to menace; to use force or intimidation to coerce
- 偶爾ㄡˇ ㄦˇoccasionally; now and then; sometimes; from time to time
- 俄羅斯ㄜˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄙRussia; a country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia.
- 權威ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄨㄟauthority; power and prestige; a person of high status and influence in a particular field
- 奧斯卡ㄠˋ ㄙ ㄎㄚˇOscar (Academy Award); the annual American film award; (name) Oscar
- 詹姆斯ㄓㄢ ㄇㄨˇ ㄙJames (given name or surname); LeBron James (1984–), American NBA basketball player.
- 威力ㄨㄟ ㄌㄧˋformidable power; might; a force so strong it commands respect or fear.
- 瓦斯ㄨㄚˇ ㄙgas (loanword); flammable gas such as coal gas or natural gas; in military contexts, poison gas.
- 示威ㄕˋ ㄨㄟto demonstrate as a protest; a public protest or rally; a show of force or power
- 伊斯蘭教ㄧ ㄙ ㄌㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋIslam; a monotheistic religion founded by the Prophet Muhammad in 7th-century Arabia.
- 威風ㄨㄟ ㄈㄥawe-inspiring bearing; imposing presence; majestic authority; impressive power
- 斯文ㄙ ㄨㄣˊrefined; cultured; polite; gentle; (archaic) Confucian rites and education; (archaic) Confucian scholar