六安市

Lù'ān Shì
proper noun

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 1
Lù'ān Shì de ' liù ' dú lù.
The 六 in Lu'an is pronounced lù.
HSK 5
Lù'ān Shì chǎn Lù'ān Guāpiàn lǜchá.
Lu'an produces Lu'an Melon Seed green tea.

Tips

mistakes
The 六 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

六 liù
安 ān
市 shì