索尔 (Suǒ'ěr) · Thor (Norse god of thunder)

Meanings

1 Thor (Norse god of thunder)
2 Sol; Saul (name)

About Thor

The Norse god of thunder who wields the hammer Mjölnir. Most Chinese know him from the Marvel films, where he is usually called 雷神, "the Thunder God".

Also called 托尔

Characters

phonetic (er sound); you (literary)

Phonetic transliteration.

Examples

HSK 6

索尔是北欧神话中的雷神。

Suǒ'ěr shì Běi'ōu shénhuà zhōng de léi shén.

Thor is the god of thunder in Norse mythology.

HSK 7-9

索尔拿着他的锤子飞了过来。

Suǒ'ěr ná zhe tā de chuízi fēi le guòlai.

Thor flew over holding his hammer.

Tips

culture

His hammer Mjölnir is usually just 雷神之锤 'the Thunder God's hammer', also the Chinese name of the game Quake, and Ragnarök is 诸神黄昏 'twilight of the gods', as in the Chinese title of Thor: Ragnarok (2017).