埃及艳后

埃及艷后
Āijí Yànhòu
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Cleopatra (69–30 BC), last queen of Ptolemaic Egypt

Examples

HSK 3
Hěnduō rén dōu tīngshuō guo Āijí Yànhòu de gùshi.
Many people have heard the story of Cleopatra.
HSK 6
Jùshuō Āijí Yànhòu shì yòng dúshé zìshā de.
Cleopatra is said to have taken her own life with a venomous snake.

Tips

usage
The usual everyday name for Cleopatra, literally 'Egypt's glamorous queen'. 后 here means 'queen', as in 王后 and 皇后, not 'after'. Reference books use the transliteration 克娄巴特拉.

In Pop Culture

埃及艳后 Āijí Yànhòu
Cleopatra (1963 film)
Hollywood epic starring Elizabeth Taylor as the queen, at the time the most expensive film ever made.

Stroke Order

埃 āi
及 jí
艳 yàn
后 hòu