吉里巴斯

Mandarin · pinyin Jí lǐ bā sī

Meanings

  1. Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands) (Tw)
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吉
jí · lucky, propitious, good
里
lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
巴
bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
斯
sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
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2–3–1–1 · Ji2 li3 ba1 si1

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gat1 lei5 baa1 si1

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name

  1. (Taiwan) Kiribati (a country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)

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