布鲁克林 (bùlǔkèlín): Brooklyn

Meanings

1 Brooklyn

Characters

布

bù

cloth; used phonetically

鲁

lǔ

crude; used phonetically

克

kè

to overcome; used phonetically

林

lín

forest; used phonetically

Examples

她住在布鲁克林。

Tā zhù zài Bùlǔkèlín.

She lives in Brooklyn.

布鲁克林是纽约最大的区。

Bùlǔkèlín shì Niǔyuē zuì dà de qū.

Brooklyn is the largest borough of New York.

Tips

memory

布鲁克林 is a pure phonetic transliteration of 'Brooklyn': 布(bù)鲁(lǔ)克(kè)林(lín). The characters carry no relevant meaning here.

Stroke Order

布 bù

鲁 Lǔ

克 kè

林 lín

Related Words

布鲁克 Bùlǔkè #10,192

Brook (name) / Brooke (name)

克鲁 kèlǔ #4,443

Kru (transliteration) / Cru

布鲁斯 Bùlǔsī #5,062

Bruce (name) / blues (music genre)

布洛克 Bùluòkè #8,473

Brock; Block; Bullock (English surname)

布雷克 Bùléikè #8,862

Blake; Burke; Brake (English surname, phonetic transliteration)

布鲁诺 Bùlǔnuò #9,711

Bruno (Western given name)

布置 bùzhì HSK 4 #4,374

to arrange / to decorate / to assign (homework) / to deploy

布朗 bùlǎng #6,029

Brown (surname) / Braun

布 bù HSK 3 #1,729

cloth; fabric / to spread; to lay out / to announce; to declare

布鲁 Bùlǔ #14,348

Bru (name) / (phonetic element in transliterations, e.g. 布鲁克林 Brooklyn, 布鲁塞尔 Brussels)