复旦

復旦

Fùdàn

proper noun

Meanings

1 Fudan University (top-tier research university in Shanghai)

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

复旦和交大是上海的两大名校。

Fùdàn hé Jiāodà shì Shànghǎi de liǎng dàmíng xiào.

Fudan and Jiao Tong are Shanghai's two top universities.

HSK 5

她考上了复旦的新闻系。

Tā kǎoshàng le Fùdàn de xīnwén xì.

She got into Fudan's journalism department.

Tips

culture

Short for 复旦大学. Founded 1905. Name comes from the Classic of Documents 尚书·大传: 日月光华，旦复旦兮 ('sun and moon shine on, dawn after dawn') - signaling rebirth as a Chinese-run school after the fall of Fudan's predecessor. One of China's C9 League elite universities.

Stroke Order

复 fù

旦 dàn