威斯敏斯特

Wēisīmǐnsītè

proper noun #34,238

Meanings

1 Westminster (district of central London)
2 Westminster (used as a metonym for the UK Parliament)

Characters

might (phonetic 'we')

this (phonetic 's')

agile (phonetic 'min')

special (phonetic 'ter')

Examples

HSK 7-9

威斯敏斯特教堂是英国王室加冕的地方。

Wēisīmǐnsītè jiàotáng shì Yīngguó wángshì jiāmiǎn de dìfāng.

Westminster Abbey is where British monarchs are crowned.

HSK 7-9

议会在威斯敏斯特宫举行会议。

Yìhuì zài Wēisīmǐnsītè gōng jǔxíng huìyì.

Parliament holds its sessions at the Palace of Westminster.

Tips

culture

威斯敏斯特 covers three landmarks in central London: Westminster Abbey (威斯敏斯特教堂, where every English monarch since 1066 has been crowned), the Palace of Westminster (威斯敏斯特宫, home of Parliament and Big Ben), and the City of Westminster borough. In political news 'Westminster' often functions as shorthand for the UK government, like 'Washington' for the U.S. one.

usage

Strict transliteration: 威 'wes' + 斯 'st-' + 敏 'min' + 斯 'st-' + 特 '-ter.'

Stroke Order

威 wēi

斯 sī

敏 mǐn

特 tè