莱布尼兹

Traditional form:

萊布尼茲

Pinyin (reading):

Láibùnízī

Definitions:

• Leibnitz (name)
• Gottfriend Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646-1716), German mathematician and philosopher, co-inventor of the calculus

Characters:

• 莱 - weed, goosefoot; fallow field; used in transliterations
• 布 - cotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare; to spread
• 尼 - Buddhist nun; used in transliterations
• 兹 - now, here; this; time, year

Traditional characters:

• 萊 - weed, goosefoot; fallow field; used in transliterations
• 布 - cotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare; to spread
• 尼 - Buddhist nun; used in transliterations
• 茲 - now, here; this; time, year