瓦里斯

Traditional form:

瓦里斯

Pinyin (reading):

Wǎlǐsī

Definitions:

• Wallis (name)
• John Wallis (1616-1703), English mathematician, precursor of Newton

Characters:

• 瓦 - tile; pottery, earthenware
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations

Traditional characters:

• 瓦 - tile; pottery, earthenware
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations