巴尔干半岛

Traditional form:

巴爾幹半島

Pinyin (reading):

Bā'ěrgàn Bàndǎo

Definitions:

• Balkan Peninsula

Characters:

• 巴 - to desire, to wish for
• 尔 - you; that, those; final particle
• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 半 - half; semi-, incomplete
• 岛 - island

Traditional characters:

• 巴 - to desire, to wish for
• 爾 - you; that, those; final particle
• 幹 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 半 - half; semi-, incomplete
• 島 - island