亚的斯亚贝巴

Traditional form:

亞的斯亞貝巴

Pinyin (reading):

Yàdìsī Yàbèibā

Definitions:

• Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia

Characters:

• 亚 - Asia; second
• 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 亚 - Asia; second
• 贝 - sea shell; money, currency
• 巴 - to desire, to wish for

Traditional characters:

• 亞 - Asia; second
• 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 亞 - Asia; second
• 貝 - sea shell; money, currency
• 巴 - to desire, to wish for