WordTaiwan frequency #29,451
浮士德
ㄈㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄉㄜˊ
“Faust; German scholar who sells his soul to the devil; Goethe's drama and its musical adaptations”
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浮
ㄈㄨˊ
To float on water or in the air; to drift; superficial; unstable; temporary; to exceed; superfluous.
士
ㄕˋ
Bachelor; scholar or gentleman (historical); soldier or specialist worker; honorific term for men; a member of the lowest rank of nobility (historical).
德
ㄉㄜˊ
Virtue; morality; ethics; goodness; kindness; character; favor; Germany; German; abbr. for Germany.
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- 人士ㄖㄣˊ ㄕˋperson; figure; public figure; a term for people in general; a personage
- 德國ㄉㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊGermany; a country in central Europe.
- 博士ㄅㄛˊ ㄕˋdoctor (academic degree); PhD holder; (historical) court academician or learned scholar; (old) title for a specialist or master of a trade.
- 道德ㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄜˊmoral principles governing behavior; ethics; virtue; standards of right conduct in society
- 賴清德ㄌㄞˋ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄉㄜˊWilliam Lai Ching-te (born 1959); Taiwanese Democratic Progressive Party politician; vice president of the Republic of China from 2020
- 女士ㄋㄩˇ ㄕˋlady; madam; a polite term for a woman; Ms; Miss
- 士兵ㄕˋ ㄅㄧㄥsoldier; a member of an army; enlisted military personnel; in Taiwan, soldiers are ranked as private first class, private, and private second class
- 騎士ㄐㄧˋ ㄕˋknight; a medieval European mounted warrior of the lowest rank of feudal nobility; (Tw) bike or scooter rider
- 武士ㄨˇ ㄕˋwarrior; samurai; a member of the warrior class in medieval Japan; a chivalrous soldier in medieval Europe.
- 巴士ㄅㄚ ㄕˋbus; motor coach; large passenger vehicle for public or private transport
- 瑞士ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄕˋSwitzerland; a landlocked country in central Europe known for neutrality, banking, and alpine scenery.
- 護士ㄏㄨˋ ㄕˋnurse; a trained and licensed healthcare professional who provides medical care and patient support.