俄狄浦斯

Édípǔsī

proper noun

Meanings

1 Oedipus, king of Thebes in Greek myth who unknowingly killed his father and married his mother

Characters

suddenly, used for its sound

the Di people, used for its sound

riverbank, used for its sound

this, used for its sound

Examples

HSK 6

俄狄浦斯是希腊神话里的一位国王。

Édípǔsī shì Xīlà shénhuà lǐ de yí wèi guówáng.

Oedipus is a king in Greek mythology.

HSK 6

俄狄浦斯不知道真相，杀死了自己的父亲，又娶了自己的母亲。

Édípǔsī bù zhīdao zhēnxiàng, shāsǐ le zìjǐ de fùqin, yòu qǔ le zìjǐ de mǔqin.

Not knowing the truth, Oedipus killed his own father and married his own mother.

Tips

culture

Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus Rex is 《俄狄浦斯王》, and Freud's Oedipus complex is 俄狄浦斯情结, more plainly 恋母情结 "mother-love complex". Taiwan writes the name 伊底帕斯.

Stroke Order

俄 É

狄 dí

浦 pǔ

斯 sī