| 圣索非亚大教堂 |
Shèng suǒ fēi yà Dà jiào táng |
Hagia Sophia (the main cathedral of Constantinople, subsequently the major mosque of Istanbul) |
| 圣 |
kū |
to dig |
| 圣 |
shèng |
old 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 |
| 圣索非亚 |
Shèng suǒ fēi yà |
Hagia Sophia (Greek: Holy wisdom) |
| 索 |
Suǒ |
surname Suo / abbr. for 索马里, Somalia |
| 索 |
suǒ |
to search / to demand / to ask / to exact / large rope / isolated |
| 索非亚 |
Suǒ fēi yà |
Sofia, capital of Bulgaria |
| 非 |
Fēi |
abbr. for 非洲, Africa |
| 非 |
fēi |
to not be; not / wrong; incorrect / non-; un-; in-; de- / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must |
| 亚 |
Yà |
Asia / Asian / Taiwan pr. [Ya3] |
| 亚 |
yà |
second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [ya3] |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 大教堂 |
dà jiào táng |
cathedral |
| 教 |
Jiào |
surname Jiao |
| 教 |
jiāo |
to teach |
| 教 |
jiào |
religion / teaching / to make / to cause / to tell |
| 教堂 |
jiào táng |
church; chapel / CL:座,所,间 |
| 堂 |
táng |
(main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:间 / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture |