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斯堪的納維亞
简 斯堪的纳维亚 · 繁 斯堪的納維亞Mandarin · pinyin Sī kān dì nà wéi yà
Meanings
- Scandinavia
Characters in this entry
- 斯
- sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
- 堪
- kān · adequately capable of, worthy of
- 的
- de · possessive, adjectival suffix
- 納
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- 維
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- 亞
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- 纳
- nà · admit, take, receive, accept
- 维
- wéi · maintain, preserve, safeguard
- 亚
- yà · Asia; second
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Mandarin tones
1–1–4–4–2–4 · Si1 kan1 di4 na4 wei2 ya4
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name
- (Hong-Kong, Mainland-China) Scandinavia (a geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands)
- (Hong-Kong, Mainland-China) Scandinavia (a peninsula in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden and most of northern Finland; in full, Scandinavian Peninsula)
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