尼古拉特斯拉

NígǔlāTèsīlā

popculture

Meanings

1 Nikola Tesla (Serbian-American inventor and engineer, 1856-1943)

Characters

ancient / phonetic 'ko'

special / phonetic 'te'

this / phonetic 'si'

Examples

尼古拉特斯拉发明了交流电系统。

Nígǔlā Tèsīlā fāmíng le jiāoliúdiàn xìtǒng.

Nikola Tesla invented the alternating current system.

很多人只知道特斯拉汽车,却不了解尼古拉特斯拉本人。

Hěn duō rén zhǐ zhīdào Tèsīlā qìchē, què bù liǎojiě Nígǔlā Tèsīlā běnrén.

Many people only know Tesla cars but not the man Nikola Tesla himself.

Tips

culture

The electric car company named itself after him. In Chinese, the person and the company share the surname 特斯拉 (Tèsīlā); the given name 尼古拉 (Nígǔlā) is the usual disambiguator.

Stroke Order

尼 ní

古 gǔ

拉 lā

特 tè

斯 sī