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查尔斯·格雷

Chá ěr sī · Gé léidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Charles Grey (1764-1845), prime minister of the United Kingdom 1830-34
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.

Source record: cd-ed22097a18f21207. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

查爾斯·格雷 查尔斯·格雷 [Cha2 er3 si1 · Ge2 lei2] /Charles Grey (1764-1845), prime minister of the United Kingdom 1830-34/

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Other forms in these source records: 查爾斯·格雷

  • 查
    chá

    to research / to check / to investigate / to examine / to refer to / to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)

    zhā

    See the full entry for source details.

    Zhā

    surname Zha

  • 尔
    ěr

    thus / so / like that / you / thou

  • 斯
    sī

    (phonetic) / this

    Sī

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

  • 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

  • 雷
    léi

    thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[dì léi] land mine / (coll.) to shock / to stun / to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)

    Léi

    surname Lei

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.