梵蒂冈

梵蒂岡

Fàndìgāng

noun #12,813

Meanings

1 Vatican City (city-state in Rome, Italy)

Characters

Sanskrit; Buddhist; Brahman

stem (of a fruit); base

Phonetic transliteration of 'Vatican.' 梵 (Buddhist/Sanskrit) is a fitting coincidence for the center of the Catholic Church.

Examples

HSK 3

梵蒂冈是世界上最小的国家。

Fàndìgāng shì shìjiè shàng zuì xiǎo de guójiā.

Vatican City is the smallest country in the world.

Tips

culture

梵蒂冈 is home to the Pope, head of the Catholic Church, 天主教. In Chinese the Pope is called either 教皇 or 教宗.

Stroke Order

梵 Fàn

蒂 dì

冈 gāng