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厄爾尼諾現象
简 厄尔尼诺现象 · 繁 厄爾尼諾現象Mandarin · pinyin è ěr ní nuò xiàn xiàng
Meanings
- El Niño effect, equatorial climatic variation over the Pacific Ocean
Characters in this entry
- 厄
- è · adversity, difficulty, distress
- 爾
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- 尼
- ní · Buddhist nun; transliteration
- 諾
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- 現
- xiàn · appear, manifest, become visible
- 象
- xiàng · elephant; ivory; figure, image
- 尔
- ěr · you; that, those; final particle
- 诺
- nuò · promise; assent, approve
- 现
- xiàn · appear, manifest, become visible
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Mandarin tones
4–3–2–4–4–4 · e4 er3 ni2 nuo4 xian4 xiang4
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aak1 ji5 nei4 nok6 jin6 zoeng6
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
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noun
- (chiefly Mainland China) the El Niño phenomenon
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