休斯敦

Xiūsīdūn

noun #19,849

Meanings

1 Houston (city in Texas, USA)

Characters

this (literary, used phonetically)

sincere; to urge (used phonetically)

Phonetic transliteration of 'Houston'.

Examples

休斯敦是美国第四大城市。

Xiūsīdūn shì Měiguó dì sì dà chéngshì.

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States.

NASA的航天中心在休斯敦。

NASA de hángtiān zhōngxīn zài Xiūsīdūn.

NASA's space center is in Houston.

Tips

memory

休 (rest) + 斯敦 (phonetic) — picture astronauts resting in Houston after a mission. The famous quote '休斯敦，我们有麻烦了' (Houston, we have a problem) helps cement this.

Stroke Order

休 xiū

斯 sī

敦 dūn