WordTaiwan frequency #9,507
莎士比亞
ㄕㄚ ㄕˋ ㄅㄧˇ ㄧㄚˋ
“Shakespeare; William Shakespeare (1564–1616), English poet and playwright known for works such as Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.”
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莎
ㄕㄚ
A type of sedge grass; a katydid insect; used phonetically in transliterations.
士
ㄕˋ
Bachelor; scholar or gentleman (historical); soldier or specialist worker; honorific term for men; a member of the lowest rank of nobility (historical).
比
ㄅㄧˇ
To compare; to contrast; than; ratio; to gesture; to liken; Belgium; Belgian.
亞
ㄧㄚˋ
Asia; Asian; second; next; inferior; sub-; to lose; to be inferior to; to be equal to; to cover.
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- 比較ㄅㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋto compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison
- 人士ㄖㄣˊ ㄕˋperson; figure; public figure; a term for people in general; a personage
- 比賽ㄅㄧˇ ㄙㄞˋa contest or competition in sports or other activities; a match; to compete
- 亞洲ㄧㄚˋ ㄓㄡAsia; one of the world's seven continents, located in the northeastern part of the Eastern Hemisphere.
- 博士ㄅㄛˊ ㄕˋdoctor (academic degree); PhD holder; (historical) court academician or learned scholar; (old) title for a specialist or master of a trade.
- 比例ㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄧˋproportion; ratio; scale; the part something makes up of a whole.
- 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
- 比喻ㄅㄧˇ ㄩˋa figure of speech comparing two unlike things; metaphor; analogy; to liken one thing to another for clarity or vividness
- 相比ㄒㄧㄤ ㄅㄧˇto compare; to contrast; to measure one thing against another
- 東南亞ㄉㄨㄥ ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄚˋSoutheast Asia; the region comprising Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, and East Timor.
- 比率ㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄩˋratio; rate; proportion; the value obtained by comparing one number to another.