韦斯特伯里

韋斯特伯里

Wéisītèbólǐ

proper noun #32,284

Meanings

1 Westbury (place name, e.g. Westbury, New York; Westbury, Wiltshire, England)
2 transliteration of the surname Westbury

Characters

leather (here phonetic, 'We-')

this (here phonetic, '-s-')

special (here phonetic, '-t')

uncle (here phonetic, 'bu-')

inside (here phonetic, '-ry')

Examples

HSK 2

他在韦斯特伯里买了一套房子。

Tā zài Wéisītèbólǐ mǎi le yí tào fángzi.

He bought a house in Westbury.

HSK 6

韦斯特伯里是纽约长岛的一个小镇。

Wéisītèbólǐ shì Niǔyuē Chángdǎo de yí gè xiǎozhèn.

Westbury is a small town on Long Island, New York.

Tips

usage

Phonetic transliteration of 'Westbury': 韦斯特 = 'West' (the standard Chinese rendering, also seen in 韦斯特伍德 'Westwood'), 伯里 = 'bury'. Westbury is a common British place-name suffix from Old English meaning 'western fort'. Famous bearers include Westbury, NY, and the Westbury White Horse, a chalk hill figure in Wiltshire, England.

Stroke Order

韦 wéi

斯 sī

特 tè

伯 bó

里 lǐ