婆罗浮屠

婆羅浮屠

Póluófútú

proper noun

Meanings

1 Borobudur (9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Java, Indonesia; UNESCO World Heritage Site)

Characters

transliteration syllable / old woman

transliteration syllable / net

transliteration syllable / to float

transliteration syllable / butcher

Examples

HSK 3

我们在日出时参观了婆罗浮屠。

Wǒmen zài rìchū shí cānguān le Póluófútú.

We visited Borobudur at sunrise.

HSK 6

婆罗浮屠是世界上最大的佛教建筑之一。

Póluófútú shì shìjiè shàng zuì dà de Fójiào jiànzhù zhīyī.

Borobudur is one of the largest Buddhist monuments in the world.

Tips

culture

Borobudur (婆罗浮屠) was built around 800 CE under the Sailendra dynasty in central Java. The structure is a giant stone mandala: pilgrims walk a spiral path past relief panels and Buddha statues, ascending symbolically from the realm of desire to nirvana.

Stroke Order

婆 pó

罗 luó

浮 fú

屠 tú