Jiā lǐ níng gé lè zhōudictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Kaliningrad Oblast
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Original source entry:

加里寧格勒州 加里宁格勒州 [Jia1 li3 ning2 ge2 le4 zhou1] /Kaliningrad Oblast/

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Other forms in these source records: 加里寧格勒州

  • 加
    jiā

    to add / (math.) plus / to increase / to augment / (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bù], 大[dà], 稍[shāo] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shāo jiā gǎi liáng] "make some minor improvements to (it)")

    Jiā

    Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jiā ná dà]) / surname Jia

  • 里
    lǐ

    lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[lǐ] / li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhèn] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lín] levels

    Lǐ

    surname Li

  • 宁
    zhù

    to store / to stand / space between the door and the entrance screen

    nìng

    would rather / to prefer / how (emphatic) / Taiwan pr. [níng]

    níng

    peaceful / to pacify / to visit (one's parents etc)

    Níng

    abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Níng xià Huí zú Zì zhì qū] / abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nán jīng] / surname Ning

  • 格
    gē

    used in 格登[gē dēng] / used in 格格[gē gē]

    gé

    square / lattice / grid / frame / compartment / partition / slot (within a larger unit) / (bound form) standard / norm / specification / (bound form) character / disposition / moral quality / style / aesthetic tone / (bound form) rhetorical form / stylistic pattern / (bound form) (linguistics) grammatical case / (literary) to correct / to rectify / (literary) to arrive at / to reach / (literary) to obstruct / to hinder / (literary) to investigate exhaustively / classifier for compartments, slots or cells within a larger unit

  • 勒
    lè

    (literary) bridle / halter / headstall / to rein in / to compel / to force / (literary) to carve / to engrave / (literary) to command / to lead (an army etc) / (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[lè kè sī])

    lēi

    to strap tightly / to bind

  • 州
    zhōu

    prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland)

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