阿普爾頓

简 阿普尔顿 · 繁 阿普爾頓
Mandarin · pinyin Ā pǔ ěr dùn

Meanings

  1. Appleton (name)
  2. Sir Edward Appleton (1892-1965), British physicist, Nobel laureate who discovered the ionosphere
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阿
ā · prefix for people's names; used in transliteration
普
pǔ · universal, general, widespread
爾
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頓
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尔
ěr · you; that, those; final particle
顿
dùn · pause, stop; bow, kowtow; arrange
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1–3–3–4 · A1 pu3 er3 dun4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

aa3 pou2 ji5 deon6

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aa3 pou2 ji5 deon6

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阿普爾頓 · A1 pu3 er3 dun4
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Exact source record阿普爾頓 阿普尔顿 [A1 pu3 er3 dun4] /Appleton (name)/Sir Edward Appleton (1892-1965), British physicist, Nobel laureate who discovered the ionosphere/