伯拉第斯拉瓦

Traditional form:

伯拉第斯拉瓦

Pinyin (reading):

Bólādìsīlāwǎ

Definitions:

• Bratislava, capital of Slovakia

Characters:

• 伯 - older brother; father's elder brother; sir, sire, count
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 第 - sequence, number; grade, degree; particle prefacing an ordinal
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 瓦 - tile; pottery, earthenware

Traditional characters:

• 伯 - older brother; father's elder brother; sir, sire, count
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 第 - sequence, number; grade, degree; particle prefacing an ordinal
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 瓦 - tile; pottery, earthenware