加尔各答

加爾各答
Jiā'ěrgèdá

Kolkata, Calcutta (the capital city of West Bengal, India)

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加尔各答 Jiāěrgèdá Calcutta (India)

Entry Composition

=1 加 Jiā
  1. Canada (abbr. for 加拿大 Jiānádà)
  2. surname Jia
=1 加 jiā
  1. to add
  2. (math.) plus
  3. to increase; to augment
  4. (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不 bù, 大 dà, 稍 shāo etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良 shāojiāgǎiliáng "make some minor improvements to (it)")
=2 尔 ěr variant of 尔 ěr
=2 尔 ěr
  1. thus
  2. so
  3. like that
  4. you
  5. thou
=2 尔 shè
  1. (obsolete, rare, of eyes) to move
  2. to move
=3 各 gè
  1. each
  2. every
=3 各 gě
  1. (dialectal, derogatory) sticking out; odd; unusual
  2. sticking out; odd; unusual
  3. used in 自各兒／自各儿
=4 答 dā bound form having the same meaning as the free word 答 dá, used in 答应 dāying, 答理 dāli etc
=4 答 dá
  1. to answer
  2. to reply
  3. to respond