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李斯特
Mandarin · pinyin Lǐ sī tè
Meanings
- Ferenc (Franz) Liszt (1811-1886), Hungarian composer
- Joseph Lister (1883-1897), British surgeon and bacteriologist
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3–1–4 · Li3 si1 te4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
lei5 si1 dak6
Cantonese word readings for 李斯特. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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name
- a transliteration of the Hungarian surname Liszt, most famously Franz Liszt (1811–1886), the Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer
- a transliteration of the English surname Lister or Lyster
- a transliteration of the German surname List
- (Cantonese) synonym of 萊斯特 /莱斯特 (Láisītè, “Leicester”)
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