DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

約瑟夫·斯大林

简约瑟夫·斯大林 · 繁約瑟夫·斯大林

Mandarin · pinyin Yuē sè fū · Sī dà lín

Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

約: yuē · treaty, agreement, covenant
瑟: sè · large stringed musical instrument; dignified, massive; sound of wind
夫: fū · man, male adult, husband; those
斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
林: lín · forest, grove; surname
约: yuē · treaty, agreement, covenant

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1–4–1–1–4–2 · Yue1 se4 fu1 · Si1 da4 lin2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

7character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

約瑟夫·斯大林 · find source passages ↗ · 约瑟夫·斯大林 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗