里約熱內盧
简 里约热内卢 · 繁 里約熱內盧Meanings
- Rio de Janeiro
Characters in this entry
- 里
- lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
- 約
- yuē · treaty, agreement, covenant
- 熱
- rè · hot; heat; fever; restless; zeal
- 內
- nèi · inside, interior; domestic
- 盧
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- 约
- yuē · treaty, agreement, covenant
- 热
- rè · hot; heat; fever; restless; zeal
- 内
- nèi · inside
- 卢
- lú · cottage, hut; surname; black
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Mandarin tones
3–1–4–4–2 · Li3 yue1 re4 nei4 lu2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
lei5 joek3 jit6 noi6 lou4
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name
- Rio de Janeiro (a municipality, the state capital of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- (～州) Rio de Janeiro (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil)
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