德意志民主共和國
简 德意志民主共和国 · 繁 德意志民主共和國Meanings
- German Democratic Republic (East Germany), 1945-1990
Characters in this entry
- 德
- dé · ethics, morality, virtue
- 意
- yì · thought, idea, opinion; think
- 志
- zhì · purpose, will, determination; annals
- 民
- mín · people, subjects, citizens
- 主
- zhǔ · master, chief owner; host; lord
- 共
- gòng · together with, all, total; to share
- 和
- hé · harmony, peace; peaceful, calm
- 國
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- 国
- guó · nation, country, nation-state
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Mandarin tones
2–4–4–2–3–4–2–2 · De2 yi4 zhi4 Min2 zhu3 Gong4 he2 guo2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
dak1 ji3 zi3 man4 zyu2 gung6 wo4 gwok3
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name
- (historical) German Democratic Republic (official name of East Germany (from 1947 through reunification in 1990): a former country in Central Europe)
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