| 威廉·莎士比亚 |
Wēi lián · Shā shì bǐ yà |
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright |
| 威 |
wēi |
power / might / prestige |
| 威廉 |
Wēi lián |
William or Wilhelm (name) |
| 廉 |
lián |
old variant of 廉 |
| 廉 |
lián |
old variant of 廉 |
| 廉 |
Lián |
surname Lian |
| 廉 |
lián |
incorruptible / honest / inexpensive / to investigate (old) / side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old) |
| 莎 |
shā |
katydid (family Tettigoniidae) / phonetic "sha" used in transliteration |
| 莎 |
suō |
used in 莎草 |
| 莎士比亚 |
Shā shì bǐ yà |
Shakespeare (name) / William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright |
| 士 |
Shì |
surname Shi |
| 士 |
shì |
member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker |
| 比 |
Bǐ |
Belgium / Belgian / abbr. for 比利时 |
| 比 |
bī |
euphemistic variant of 屄 |
| 比 |
bǐ |
to compare / (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / ratio / to gesture / (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 比亚 |
Bǐ yà |
Bia, daughter of Pallas and Styx in Greek mythology, personification of violence |
| 亚 |
Yà |
Asia / Asian / Taiwan pr. [Ya3] |
| 亚 |
yà |
second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [ya3] |