WordTaiwan frequency #11,496
福斯
ㄈㄨˊ ㄙ
“Volkswagen (German car brand); transliteration of 'Volkswagen' used in Taiwan.”
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福
ㄈㄨˊ
Good fortune; happiness; luck; blessing; a surname; abbr. for Fujian province; archaic: sacrificial wine or meat; archaic: a woman's formal bow.
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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- 幸福ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄈㄨˊhappiness; a state of well-being and contentment; good fortune; blessedness
- 福利ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄧˋmaterial benefit; benefit in kind; (social) welfare
- 俄羅斯ㄜˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄙRussia; a country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia.
- 祝福ㄓㄨˋ ㄈㄨˊto wish someone well; to bless; a blessing or expression of good wishes
- 衛福部ㄨㄟˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋMinistry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan); government agency overseeing public health, medical care, and social welfare policies.
- 福建ㄈㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋFujian: a coastal province in southeastern China; known for tea, maritime trade, and overseas Chinese communities.
- 祈福ㄑㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊto pray for blessings; to pray for good fortune; to seek divine protection or favor.
- 奧斯卡ㄠˋ ㄙ ㄎㄚˇOscar (Academy Award); the annual American film award; (name) Oscar
- 社福ㄕㄜˋ ㄈㄨˊsocial welfare; public assistance programs; social services and benefits provided by government or NGOs.
- 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.
- 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.