DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

北萊茵·威斯特法倫州

简北莱茵·威斯特法伦州 · 繁北萊茵·威斯特法倫州

Mandarin · pinyin Běi lái yīn · Wēi sī tè fǎ lún zhōu

Nordrhein-Westfalen, state of Germany

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

北: běi · north; northern; northward
萊: Look up this written character
茵: yīn · a cushion, mattress; wormwood; Skimmia japon
威: wēi · pomp, power; powerful; dominate
斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
特: tè · special, unique, distinguished
法: fǎ · law, rule, regulation, statute; France, French
倫: Look up this written character
州: zhōu · administrative division, state
莱: lái · goosefoot, weed; fallow field
伦: lún · normal human relationships

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

3–2–1–1–1–4–3–2–1 · Bei3 lai2 yin1 · Wei1 si1 te4 fa3 lun2 zhou1

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

9character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

北萊茵·威斯特法倫州 · find source passages ↗ · 北莱茵·威斯特法伦州 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗