底格里斯河

Mandarin · pinyin Dǐ gé lǐ sī Hé

Meanings

  1. Tigris River, Iraq
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底
dǐ · bottom, underneath, underside
格
gé · pattern, standard, form; style
里
lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
斯
sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
河
hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
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3–2–3–1–2 · Di3 ge2 li3 si1 He2

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dai2 gaak3 lei5 si1 ho4

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  1. Tigris (a river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq)

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