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诺贝尔

諾貝爾

Nuòbèi'ěr

proper noun #15,058

Meanings

1 Alfred Nobel (Nobel Prize founder)

About Alfred Nobel

1833–1896 · 发明家 inventor

Swedish chemist and engineer who invented dynamite and left his fortune to fund the 诺贝尔奖 (Nobel Prize), first awarded in 1901.

Also called 阿尔弗雷德·诺贝尔

Characters

shell; cowrie; money

you; that; thus

Phonetic transliteration of 'Nobel'.

Examples

HSK 6

诺贝尔奖是世界最高荣誉之一。

Nuòbèi'ěrjiǎng shì shìjiè zuìgāo róngyù zhīyī.

The Nobel Prize is one of the highest honors in the world.

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usage

Headlines shorten 诺贝尔奖 to 诺奖, and a winner is a 得主. The first scientist working in mainland China to win one was 屠呦呦, in 2015, for the malaria drug artemisinin.

Stroke Order

诺 nuò

贝 bèi

尔 ěr