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布干维尔

Bù gān wéi ěrdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

布干維爾 布干维尔 [Bu4 gan1 wei2 er3] /Bougainville, Papua New Guinea/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 布干維爾

  • 布
    bù

    to announce / to spread / cloth / to declare / to make known

  • 干
    gān

    dry / dried food / empty / hollow / taken in to nominal kinship / adoptive / foster / futile / in vain / (dialect) rude / blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder / (bound form) to have to do with / to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tiān gān] / (archaic) shield

    gàn

    tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed

    Gān

    surname Gan

  • 维
    wéi

    to preserve / to maintain / to hold together / dimension / vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wéi shēng sù])

    Wéi

    abbr. for Uyghur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wéi wú ěr] / surname Wei

  • 尔
    ěr

    thus / so / like that / you / thou

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.