| 基辅罗斯 |
Jī fǔ Luó sī |
Kievan Rus', East Slavic state that reached its peak in the early to mid-11th century |
| 基 |
jī |
(bound form) base; foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese) |
| 基辅 |
Jī fǔ |
Kyiv or Kiev, capital of Ukraine |
| 辅 |
fǔ |
to assist / to complement / auxiliary |
| 罗 |
Luó |
surname Luo |
| 罗 |
luó |
gauze / to collect / to gather / to catch / to sift |
| 罗斯 |
Luó sī |
Roth, Ross, Rose or Rossi (name) / Kenneth Roth (1955-), executive director of Human Rights Watch 人权观察 / Rus' (as in Kievan Rus' 基辅罗斯) |
| 斯 |
Sī |
Slovakia / Slovak / abbr. for 斯洛伐克 |
| 斯 |
sī |
(phonetic) / this |