奥 林 巴 斯

Ào lín bā sīdictionary entry

Olympus, Japanese manufacturer of cameras and optical instruments

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奧林巴斯奥林巴斯 [Ao4 lin2 ba1 si1] /Olympus, Japanese manufacturer of cameras and optical instruments/

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Other forms in these source records: 奧林巴斯

奥
ào
obscure / mysterious
Ào
(bound form) Austria (abbr. for 奧地利|奥地利[Ào dì lì]) / (bound form) Olympics (abbr. for 奧林匹克|奥林匹克[Ào lín pǐ kè])
林
lín
(bound form) woods / forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things)
Lín
surname Lin / Japanese surname Hayashi
巴
bā
to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士[bā shì] / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wěi ba], tail
Bā
Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan) / the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality / surname Ba / (bound form) abbr. for 巴勒斯坦[Bā lè sī tǎn] (Palestine), 巴基斯坦[Bā jī sī tǎn] (Pakistan) or 巴西[Bā xī] (Brazil)
斯
sī
(phonetic) / this
Sī
Slovakia / Slovak / abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Sī luò fá kè]

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