圣马可

聖馬可

ShèngMǎkě

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Meanings

1 Saint Mark (Christian evangelist, traditional author of the Gospel of Mark)
2 shorthand for various Saint Mark places, especially Venice's San Marco

Characters

horse; (phonetic 'Mar')

can; (phonetic 'k')

Examples

威尼斯的圣马可广场闻名世界。

Wēinísī de Shèng Mǎkě guǎngchǎng wénmíng shìjiè.

Venice's Saint Mark's Square is world-famous.

圣马可是《马可福音》的作者。

Shèng Mǎkě shì 《Mǎkě Fúyīn》 de zuòzhě.

Saint Mark is the author of the Gospel of Mark.

Tips

culture

圣 'saint' + 马可 'Mark' (the standard transliteration of the apostle's name; same characters as in 马可·波罗 Marco Polo). Most often appears in 圣马可广场 (Piazza San Marco) and 圣马可大教堂 (Saint Mark's Basilica) in Venice — the city adopted Mark as patron saint when his relics were brought there in 828 CE.

Stroke Order

圣 shèng

马 mǎ

可 kě