莱布尼茨

Traditional form:

萊布尼茨

Pinyin (reading):

Láibùnící

Definitions:

• Leibniz (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
• 茨 - thatching; caltrop, Tribulus terrestris

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
• 茨 - thatching; caltrop, Tribulus terrestris