DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

喬治·華盛頓

简乔治·华盛顿 · 繁喬治·華盛頓

Mandarin · pinyin Qiáo zhì · Huá shèng dùn

George Washington (1732-1799), first US president

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

喬: Look up this written character
治: zhì · govern, regulate, administer
華: Look up this written character
盛: shèng · abundant, flourishing; contain; fill
頓: Look up this written character
乔: qiáo · tall, lofty; proud, stately
华: huá · flowery; illustrious; Chinese
顿: dùn · pause, stop; bow, kowtow; arrange

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

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2–4–2–4–4 · Qiao2 zhi4 · Hua2 sheng4 dun4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

6character 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.

喬治·華盛頓 · find source passages ↗ · 乔治·华盛顿 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗