| 哥斯达黎加 |
Gē sī dá lí jiā |
Costa Rica |
| 哥 |
gē |
elder brother |
| 斯 |
Sī |
Slovakia / Slovak / abbr. for 斯洛伐克 |
| 斯 |
sī |
(phonetic) / this |
| 达 |
Dá |
surname Da |
| 达 |
dá |
to attain / to reach / to amount to / to communicate / eminent |
| 黎 |
Lí |
Li ethnic group of Hainan Province / surname Li / abbr. for Lebanon 黎巴嫩 |
| 黎 |
lí |
(literary) black / dark / many / multitude |
| 加 |
Jiā |
Canada (abbr. for 加拿大) / surname Jia |
| 加 |
jiā |
to add / (math.) plus / to increase; to augment / (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不, 大, 稍 etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良 "make some minor improvements to (it)") |