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特斯拉

Mandarin · pinyin tè sī lā#

tesla (unit)

Mandarin · pinyin Tè sī lā#

Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), Serbian inventor and engineer
Tesla, an American electric vehicle and clean energy company

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特: tè · special, unique, distinguished
斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
拉: lā · pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen

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4–1–1 · te4 si1 la1

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(physics) tesla (unit)

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(automotive) Tesla Motors: (a company by Elon Musk)
a transliteration of the English or Serbo-Croatian surname Tesla

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