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柏克萊
ㄅㄛˊ ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄞˊ
“Berkeley; city in California, home to UC Berkeley; also a surname; Irish philosopher George Berkeley”
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柏
ㄅㄛˊ
Cypress or cedar tree; a type of coniferous evergreen; also a surname; Taiwan pronunciation differs for tree sense.
克
ㄎㄜˋ
To overcome; to subdue; to restrain; to be able to; to digest; to deduct; a unit of land area; used in transliterations.
萊
ㄌㄞˊ
A type of weed plant, often goosefoot or pigweed; fallow land overgrown with weeds; also a surname or ancient state.
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Words sharing these characters
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- 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.
- 好萊塢ㄏㄠˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄨˋHollywood; a district in Los Angeles, California, known as the center of the U.S. film industry.
- 傑克ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄎㄜˋJack (playing card); the card ranked between ten and queen in a deck; also a common male given name.
- 公克ㄍㄨㄥ ㄎㄜˋgram; a unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram; commonly used in Taiwan.
- 柏林ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊBerlin, the capital of Germany; a major political, cultural, and economic center.
- 貝克ㄅㄟˋ ㄎㄜˋBaker or Becker (surname); becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq)
- 克制ㄎㄜˋ ㄓˋto restrain; to control; to hold back; self-control; restraint
- 坦克ㄊㄢˇ ㄎㄜˋarmored military vehicle with tracks; (slang, derogatory) overweight woman.