美索不达米亚

美索不達米亞

Měisuǒbùdámǐyà

proper noun #41,791

Meanings

1 Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigris and the Euphrates

Characters

美

měi

beautiful (used for its sound)

索

suǒ

rope (used for its sound)

不

bù

not (used for its sound)

达

dá

to reach (used for its sound)

米

mǐ

rice (used for its sound)

亚

yà

second; Asia (used for its sound)

Transliteration of Mesopotamia.

Examples

HSK 7-9

楔形文字最早出现在美索不达米亚。

Xiēxíng wénzì zuì zǎo chūxiàn zài Měisuǒbùdámǐyà.

Cuneiform first appeared in Mesopotamia.

HSK 7-9

美索不达米亚是人类最早的文明发源地之一。

Měisuǒbùdámǐyà shì rénlèi zuì zǎo de wénmíng fāyuándì zhīyī.

Mesopotamia is one of the earliest birthplaces of human civilization.

Tips

usage

The name is Greek for 'between the rivers', and Chinese often says just that: 两河流域, 'the two-river basin'.

Stroke Order

美 měi

索 suǒ

不 bù

达 dá

米 mǐ

亚 Yà