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巴黎圣母院

Bā lí Shèng mǔ yuàndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Notre-Dame Cathedral (Paris, France)
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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-a8880c1b3b2c6a2d. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

巴黎聖母院 巴黎圣母院 [Ba1 li2 Sheng4 mu3 yuan4] /Notre-Dame Cathedral (Paris, France)/

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Other forms in these source records: 巴黎聖母院

  • 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)

  • 黎
    lí

    (literary) black / dark / many / multitude

    Lí

    Li ethnic group of Hainan Province / surname Li / abbr. for Lebanon 黎巴嫩[Lí bā nèn]

  • 圣
    kū

    (literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)

    shèng

    (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc) / (bound form) peerless individual / paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc) / (bound form) holy / sacred

  • 母
    mǔ

    mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female

  • 院
    yuàn

    courtyard / institution / CL:個|个[gè]

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.