大英

Dàyīng
noun #26,629

Meanings

  1. 1 Great Britain
  2. 2 British (used in compound nouns)

Examples

HSK 5
Dàyīng bówùguǎn shì shìjiè shàng zuì zhùmíng de bówùguǎn zhīyī.
The British Museum is one of the most famous museums in the world.
HSK 7-9
Dàyīng Dìguó zài shíjiǔ shìjì dádào le dǐngshèng shíqī.
The British Empire reached its peak in the nineteenth century.

Tips

usage
大英 is almost always used in compound terms: 大英博物馆 (British Museum), 大英帝国 (British Empire), 大英图书馆 (British Library). It is not used alone to mean Britain in modern Chinese - 英国 is the standard term.

Stroke Order

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