维特根斯坦

Traditional form:

維特根斯坦

Pinyin (reading):

Wéitègēnsītǎn

Definitions:

• Wittgenstein (name)
• Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), Austrian-British philosopher

Characters:

• 维 - to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
• 特 - special, unique, distinguished
• 根 - root, basis, foundation
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 坦 - flat, level, smooth; candid, open

Traditional characters:

• 維 - to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
• 特 - special, unique, distinguished
• 根 - root, basis, foundation
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 坦 - flat, level, smooth; candid, open