亚达薛西

亞達薛西

Yàdáxuēxī

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Meanings

1 Artaxerxes (Persian king's name, biblical/historical transliteration)

Characters

(transliteration) ar-

(transliteration) -ta-

(transliteration) -xer-

(transliteration) -xes

Examples

亚达薛西王允许尼希米重建耶路撒冷。

Yàdáxuēxī wáng yǔnxǔ Níxīmǐ chóngjiàn Yēlùsālěng.

King Artaxerxes allowed Nehemiah to rebuild Jerusalem.

圣经中提到亚达薛西王。

Shèngjīng zhōng tí dào Yàdáxuēxī wáng.

King Artaxerxes is mentioned in the Bible.

Tips

history

Chinese-Bible transliteration (used in 和合本 Union Version) for the Achaemenid Persian kings named Artaxerxes — most famously Artaxerxes I (r. 465–424 BCE), patron of Ezra and Nehemiah. Secular history texts often use the alternative 阿尔塔薛西斯.

Stroke Order

亚 Yà

达 dá

薛 Xuē

西 xī