比斯比

Bǐsībǐ

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Meanings

1 Bisbee (transliteration of foreign place / personal name; e.g. Bisbee, Arizona)

Characters

(transliteration: bi-)

(transliteration: -s-)

(transliteration: -bee)

Examples

比斯比是美国亚利桑那州的一个小镇。

Bǐsībǐ shì Měiguó Yàlìsāngnà Zhōu de yī gè xiǎo zhèn.

Bisbee is a small town in the U.S. state of Arizona.

比斯比以前是个铜矿小城。

Bǐsībǐ yǐqián shì gè tóngkuàng xiǎo chéng.

Bisbee used to be a copper-mining town.

Tips

usage

Three-syllable transliteration that maps each English syllable in 'Bis-bee' onto a Chinese character. The same characters can also be used for the surname Bisbee. Not a Xinhua-standardized entry — appears mostly in geographical and biographical translations.

In Pop Culture

比斯比 Bǐsībǐ

Bisbee, Arizona

Old copper-mining town in Cochise County, southern Arizona — known today as an artists' colony and as the setting for the documentary Bisbee '17.

Stroke Order

比 bǐ

斯 sī