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北莱茵·威斯特法伦州

Běi lái yīn · Wēi sī tè fǎ lún zhōudictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Nordrhein-Westfalen, state of Germany
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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.

Source record: cd-6168345de6a9f644. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

北萊茵·威斯特法倫州 北莱茵·威斯特法伦州 [Bei3 lai2 yin1 · Wei1 si1 te4 fa3 lun2 zhou1] /Nordrhein-Westfalen, state of Germany/

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Other forms in these source records: 北萊茵·威斯特法倫州

  • 北
    běi

    north / (classical) to be defeated

  • 莱
    lái

    name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) / Chenopodium album

  • 茵
    yīn

    mattress

  • 威
    wēi

    power / might / prestige

  • 斯
    sī

    (phonetic) / this

    Sī

    Slovakia / Slovak / abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Sī luò fá kè]

  • 特
    tè

    special / unique / distinguished / especially / unusual / very / abbr. for 特克斯[tè kè sī], tex

  • 法
    fǎ

    law / method / way / to emulate / (Buddhism) dharma / (abbr. for 法家[Fǎ jiā]) the Legalists / (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fǎ lā])

    Fǎ

    France / French / abbr. for 法國|法国[Fǎ guó] / Taiwan pr. [Fà]

  • 伦
    lún

    human relationship / order / coherence

  • 州
    zhōu

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

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