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查韋斯

简查韦斯 · 繁查韋斯

Mandarin · pinyin Chá wéi sī

Chavez, Spanish name

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查: chá · investigate, examine, seek into
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斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
韦: wéi · tanned leather; surname; simplified form of Kangxi radical 178

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2–2–1 · Cha2 wei2 si1

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