WordTaiwan frequency #13,063
歇斯底里
ㄒㄧㄝ ㄙ ㄉㄧˇ ㄌㄧˇ
“hysteria; hysterical; extreme emotional outburst; uncontrollable excitement or fear; colloquially, wildly emotional or irrational”
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歇
ㄒㄧㄝ
to rest or take a break; to stop or halt; to sleep or lodge; to fade or wither; a short while or a period of time
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'.
底
ㄉㄧˇ
Function word; bottom; base; foundation; background; end of a period; draft; record copy.
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.
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Words sharing these characters
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- 到底ㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄧˇfinally; in the end; after all; ultimately; used in questions to press for a real answer; thoroughly; to the bottom
- 公里ㄍㄨㄥ ㄌㄧˇkilometer; unit of length equal to 1,000 meters
- 徹底ㄔㄜˋ ㄉㄧˇthorough; completely; through and through; (of water) clear to the bottom.
- 里長ㄌㄧˇ ㄓㄤˇvillage chief; head of a li (village-level administrative unit) in Taiwan, between neighborhood leader and township/district mayor.
- 年底ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄧˇthe end of the year; year-end; the final period of a year.
- 俄羅斯ㄜˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄙRussia; a country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia.
- 底下ㄉㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋunderneath; below; after that; under someone's authority or control; lowly, inferior (archaic).
- 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.
- 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.
- 瓦斯ㄨㄚˇ ㄙgas (loanword); flammable gas such as coal gas or natural gas; in military contexts, poison gas.