圣彼得堡

聖彼得堡
Shèngbǐdébǎo
noun #23,881

Meanings

  1. 1 Saint Petersburg (city in Russia)

Examples

HSK 5
Tā qù Shèngbǐdébǎo cānguān le Dōnggōng bówùguǎn.
He visited the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.
HSK 7-9
Shèngbǐdébǎo shì Éluósī de wénhuà zhī dū.
Saint Petersburg is the cultural capital of Russia.

Tips

culture
(shèng) means 'holy/saint', 彼得 is Peter, (bǎo) means 'fortress/burg'. The city was founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and served as the Russian imperial capital until 1918.

In Pop Culture

圣彼得堡 Shèngbǐdébǎo
Saint Petersburg
Russia's second-largest city, home to the Hermitage Museum and iconic imperial architecture; a major world cultural centre.

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