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門捷列夫

简门捷列夫 · 繁門捷列夫

Mandarin · pinyin Mén jié liè fū

Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834-1907), Russian chemist who introduced the periodic table

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門: mén · gate, door, entrance, opening; Kangxi radical 169
捷: jié · win, victory, triumph
列: liè · a line; to arrange in order, classify
夫: fū · man, male adult, husband; those
门: mén · gate, door, entrance, opening

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2–2–4–1 · Men2 jie2 lie4 fu1

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mun4 zit6 lit6 fu1

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(Mainland China, Hong Kong) a transliteration of the Russian surname Менделеев (Mendelejev), Mendeleev

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