博尔特

博爾特

Bó'ěrtè

proper noun #79,088

Meanings

1 Usain Bolt (Jamaican sprinter)

About Usain Bolt

born 1986 · 运动员 athlete

Jamaican sprinter who won eight Olympic gold medals, starting with the 100 m and 200 m at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In 2009 he set the world records of 9.58 seconds for 100 m and 19.19 for 200 m.

Also called 尤塞恩·博尔特、闪电博尔特

Characters

博

bó

extensive, ample, rich

Phonetic transliteration of 'Bolt'.

Examples

HSK 3

博尔特是世界上跑得最快的人。

Bó'ěrtè shì shìjiè shàng pǎo de zuì kuài de rén.

Usain Bolt is the fastest person in the world.

HSK 7-9

在奥运会上，博尔特赢得了多枚金牌。

Zài Àoyùnhuì shàng, Bó'ěrtè yíngdé le duō méi jīnpái.

At the Olympics, Usain Bolt won many gold medals.

Tips

usage

Lightning Bolt is an English pun, a bolt being a flash of lightning; 博尔特 copies only the sound, so Chinese adds 闪电 'lightning' to keep the joke. His 2008 Beijing world record of 9.69 came with an untied shoelace and a celebration before the line.

Stroke Order

博 bó

尔 ěr

特 tè

博尔特