帕拉塞尔士

Traditional form:

帕拉塞爾士

Pinyin (reading):

Pàlāsè'ěrshì

Definitions:

• Paracelsius (Auroleus Phillipus Theostratus Bombastus von Hohenheim, 1493-1541), Swiss alchemist and prominent early European scientist

Characters:

• 帕 - scarf, turban, veil, wrap
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 塞 - to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress
• 尔 - you; that, those; final particle
• 士 - scholar, gentleman; soldier

Traditional characters:

• 帕 - scarf, turban, veil, wrap
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 塞 - to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress
• 爾 - you; that, those; final particle
• 士 - scholar, gentleman; soldier