北莱茵·威斯特法伦州

Traditional form:

北萊茵·威斯特法倫州

Pinyin (reading):

Běiláiyīn· Wēisītèfǎlúnzhōu

Definitions:

• Nordrhein-Westfalen, state of Germany

Characters:

• 北 - north; northern; northward
• 莱 - weed, goosefoot; fallow field; used in transliterations
• 茵 - mattress, cushion; wormwood, Skimmia japon
• 威 - might, power, prestige; to dominate
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 特 - special, unique, distinguished
• 法 - law, rule, statute; method, way; French
• 伦 - human relationships; society
• 州 - state, province, prefecture

Traditional characters:

• 北 - north; northern; northward
• 萊 - weed, goosefoot; fallow field; used in transliterations
• 茵 - mattress, cushion; wormwood, Skimmia japon
• 威 - might, power, prestige; to dominate
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 特 - special, unique, distinguished
• 法 - law, rule, statute; method, way; French
• 倫 - human relationships; society
• 州 - state, province, prefecture