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圣彼得堡

聖彼得堡
Shèngbǐdébǎo
noun #23,881

Meanings

  1. 1 Saint Petersburg (city in Russia)

Examples

圣彼得堡是俄罗斯的文化之都。
Shèngbǐdébǎo shì Éluósī de wénhuà zhī dū.
Saint Petersburg is the cultural capital of Russia.
他去圣彼得堡参观了冬宫博物馆。
Tā qù Shèngbǐdébǎo cānguān le Dōng gōng bówùguǎn.
He visited the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.

Tips

culture
圣 (shèng) means 'holy/saint', 彼得 is Peter, 堡 (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

Stroke Order

圣 shèng
彼 bǐ
得 de
堡 bǎo