奥尔巴尼

奧爾巴尼

Ào'ěrbāní

proper noun #31,051

Meanings

1 Albany (capital of New York State, USA)
2 Albany (place name, also used for Albany in Australia, Georgia, etc.)

Characters

profound (phonetic 'ao' for 'Al-')

you (phonetic carrier for syllabic 'l')

to hope (phonetic 'ba')

nun (phonetic 'ni' for '-ny')

Examples

HSK 1

他从奥尔巴尼坐火车来纽约。

Tā cóng Ào'ěrbāní zuò huǒchē lái Niǔyuē.

He took the train from Albany to New York.

HSK 7-9

奥尔巴尼是纽约州的首府。

Ào'ěrbāní shì Niǔyuēzhōu de shǒufǔ.

Albany is the capital of New York State.

Tips

usage

奥尔巴尼 is the standard transliteration of "Albany." Its most prominent referent is Albany, NY - the New York State capital on the Hudson River, ~240 km north of New York City. The same name is reused for Albany, Western Australia and Albany, Georgia. 奥-尔-巴-尼 approximates "Al-ba-ny" with 尔 carrying the syllabic l.

Stroke Order

奥 ào

尔 ěr

巴 bā

尼 ní