六安市

Lù'ānShì
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Lu'an (prefecture-level city in western Anhui)

Examples

HSK 1
Lù'ānshì de ' liù ' dú lù.
The 六 in Lu'an is pronounced lù.
HSK 7-9
六安市六安瓜片绿茶
Lù'ānshì chǎn Lù'ān Guāpiàn lǜchá.
Lu'an produces Lu'an Melon Seed green tea.

Tips

mistakes
The in 六安 is pronounced lù, NOT liù. This preserves an archaic reading from the Han dynasty 六安国. In 2016 CCTV news anchors briefly switched to 'liù'an' per dictionary reform, causing public backlash; officials restored lù as the accepted local pronunciation. Treat this as a named-exception just like 铅山 (Yánshān, not qiān).
culture
六安 is best known for 六安瓜片 - one of China's Ten Famous Teas, a flat single-leaf green tea shaped like a melon seed. It's the only Chinese tea produced from a single leaf without bud or stem. The city is also the hometown of the legendary 皋陶 (Gao Yao), the legendary ancestor of Chinese jurisprudence.

Stroke Order

liù
ān
shì