好莱坞

好萊塢

Hǎoláiwù

noun #1,604

Meanings

1 Hollywood

Characters

good (phonetic)

(phonetic; a type of plant)

fortress; dock (phonetic)

Examples

她的梦想是去好莱坞当演员。

Tā de mèngxiǎng shì qù Hǎoláiwù dāng yǎnyuán.

Her dream is to go to Hollywood to be an actress.

这是一部好莱坞大片。

Zhè shì yí bù Hǎoláiwù dàpiàn.

This is a Hollywood blockbuster.

好莱坞在洛杉矶。

Hǎoláiwù zài Luòshānjī.

Hollywood is in Los Angeles.

Tips

memory

好莱坞 is a phonetic transliteration: Hǎo-lái-wù ≈ Holly-wood. The characters literally mean 'good-come-fortress' but carry no semantic meaning here.

Stroke Order

好 hǎo

莱 lái

坞 wù