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Pronunciation / Transliteration: qíjì
"长城是世界的一大奇迹。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A wonderful or astonishing person or thing.
"The new bridge is a marvel of engineering."
- 1
Be filled with wonder or astonishment.
"She marveled at the beauty of the starry night sky."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Middle English (as a noun): from Old French merveille, from Latin mirabilia 'wonderful things', neuter plural of mirabilis, from mirari 'to wonder'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "marvel" is said worldwide
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merveille
Transliteration: merveille
"Ce château est une véritable merveille."
Wunder
Transliteration: Wunder
"Das neue Gebäude ist ein architektonisches Wunder."
meraviglia
Transliteration: meraviglia
"Le piramidi d'Egitto sono una meraviglia del mondo."
maravilla
Transliteration: maravilla
"El Taj Mahal es una maravilla arquitectónica."
maravilha
Transliteration: maravilha
"A natureza é cheia de maravilhas."
अजवा
Transliteration: ajuba
Script: अजूबा
"तालिबान दुनिया के सात अजूबों में से एक है।"
奇迹
Transliteration: qíjì
"长城是世界的一大奇迹。"
경이로움
Transliteration: gyeong-i-ro-um
"그랜드 캐니언은 자연의 경이로움이다."
驚異
Transliteration: kyōi
"科学の進歩はまさに驚異的だ。"
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