斯堡 (sībǎo): -sburg / -sborough (translitera…

Meanings

1 -sburg / -sborough (transliteration suffix for European city names)

Characters

斯

Examples

汉堡的英文是Hamburg,但有些城市以斯堡结尾。

Hànbǎo de Yīngwén shì Hamburg, dàn yǒuxiē chéngshì yǐ sībǎo jiéwěi.

Hamburg is 汉堡 in Chinese, but some cities end in -sburg (斯堡).

圣彼得斯堡是俄罗斯的城市。

Shèng Bǐdé sībǎo shì Éluósī de chéngshì.

Saint Petersburg is a Russian city.

Tips

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斯 (sī, sound 's') + 堡 (bǎo, 'fortress / -burg') is the standard Chinese rendering of Germanic '-sburg' / '-sborough'. Examples: 圣彼得斯堡 (St. Petersburg), 约翰内斯堡 (Johannesburg), 卢森堡 uses just 堡. Rarely a standalone word — usually a place-name suffix.