zimai字脈
LookupMandarin · 繁體 · English
Mandarin–English · CC-CEDICTSources ↗
DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

斯普特尼克

Mandarin · pinyin Sī pǔ tè ní kè

Meanings

  1. Sputnik, Soviet artificial Earth satellite
Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

斯
sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
普
pǔ · universal, general, widespread
特
tè · special, unique, distinguished
尼
ní · Buddhist nun; transliteration
克
kè · gram; overcome; transliteration
Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Entries containing 斯普特尼克 ↗Words written with 斯 ↗Words written with 普 ↗Words written with 特 ↗Words written with 尼 ↗Words written with 克 ↗

Mandarin tones

1–3–4–2–4 · Si1 pu3 te4 ni2 ke4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

5character links
Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.
Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading

si1 pou2 dak6 nei4 hak1

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

noun

  1. sputnik (a Soviet unmanned space satellite)

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack