| 圣地亚哥 |
Shèng dì yà gē |
Santiago, capital of Chile / San Diego, California |
| 圣 |
kū |
(literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables) |
| 圣 |
shèng |
variant of 圣 |
| 圣 |
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 |
| 圣地 |
shèng dì |
holy land (of a religion) / sacred place / shrine / holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc) / center of historic interest |
| 地 |
de |
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 地 |
dì |
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片 |
| 亚 |
Yà |
Asia / Asian / Taiwan pr. [Ya3] |
| 亚 |
yà |
second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [ya3] |
| 哥 |
gē |
elder brother |