塔利班

Tǎlìbān

proper noun #14,710

Meanings

1 the Taliban (Islamist organization in Afghanistan)

Characters

tower; pagoda (phonetic)

benefit; sharp (phonetic)

class; group (phonetic)

Examples

塔利班在1996年控制了阿富汗大部分地区。

Tǎlìbān zài yījiǔjiǔliù nián kòngzhì le Āfùhàn dà bùfen dìqū.

The Taliban controlled most of Afghanistan in 1996.

Tips

culture

Phonetic transliteration from the Pashto word 'Taliban,' meaning 'students.' The group emerged in the mid-1990s in Afghanistan.

Stroke Order

塔 tǎ

利 lì

班 bān