利特尔顿

利特爾頓

Lìtè'ěrdùn

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Meanings

1 Littleton (place name and surname; most prominently the Colorado city where Columbine High School is located)

Characters

sharp; profit (phonetic 'li')

special (phonetic 't')

you; that (phonetic '-r')

to pause (phonetic '-ton')

Examples

利特尔顿位于美国科罗拉多州。

Lìtè'ěrdùn wèiyú Měiguó Kēluōlāduō zhōu.

Littleton is in the U.S. state of Colorado.

1999年的利特尔顿校园枪击案震惊世界。

1999 nián de Lìtè'ěrdùn xiàoyuán qiāngjī àn zhènjīng shìjiè.

The 1999 Littleton school shooting shocked the world.

Tips

usage

Standard four-character phonetic for 'Littleton': 利 ('li') + 特 ('t') + 尔 ('-r') + 顿 ('-ton'). Most often refers to Littleton, Colorado — the suburb where the Columbine massacre took place on April 20, 1999. Also used for Littleton, Massachusetts and as a British surname.

Stroke Order

利 lì

特 tè

尔 ěr

顿 dùn