WordTaiwan frequency #10,232
戴維斯
ㄉㄞˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄙ
“Davis; a surname; also refers to the city of Davis in California”
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戴
ㄉㄞˋ
To wear or put on accessories like glasses or hats; to support or respect; a surname.
維
ㄨㄟˊ
To maintain, preserve, or hold together; a dimension; vitamin (abbr.); surname Wei; abbr. for Uighur.
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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- 維持ㄨㄟˊ ㄔˊto maintain; to keep in existence; to preserve; to sustain; to uphold.
- 維護ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨˋto maintain; to protect; to safeguard; to uphold; to defend
- 思維ㄙ ㄨㄟˊthinking; thought process; the mental activity of analyzing, reasoning, and forming ideas.
- 俄羅斯ㄜˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄙRussia; a country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia.
- 纖維ㄒㄧㄢ ㄨㄟˊfiber; a natural or synthetic thread-like material; in biology, elongated cells providing structural support in organisms
- 維修ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄡmaintenance; repair; to maintain and fix equipment or machinery; upkeep of devices, systems, or infrastructure.
- 奧斯卡ㄠˋ ㄙ ㄎㄚˇOscar (Academy Award); the annual American film award; (name) Oscar
- 戴上ㄉㄞˋ ㄕㄤˋto put on; to wear (a hat, glasses, etc); to place on one's head or body
- 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.
- 維生素ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥ ㄙㄨˋvitamin; organic compound essential for normal growth and nutrition
- 福爾摩斯ㄈㄨˊ ㄦˇ ㄇㄛˊ ㄙSherlock Holmes, the fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle; a brilliant detective known for solving cases through logic and deduction; used figuratively for any highly skilled detective or investigator.