康桥

康橋
Kāngqiáo
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Cambridge, the English university town, in the older spelling made famous by Xu Zhimo

Examples

HSK 2
Xú Zhìmó zài Kāngqiáo dú guo shū.
Xu Zhimo once studied at Cambridge.
HSK 7-9
Xú Zhìmó bǐxià de Kāngqiáo, yǒu jīnsè de liǔshù hé ānjìng de héshuǐ.
The Cambridge of Xu Zhimo's writing has golden willows and quiet water.

Tips

usage
Today the city and university are written 剑桥; 康桥 lives on through 徐志摩's poem and essays and sounds literary. Both names are half sound, half meaning: 康 or 剑 for the river Cam, and 桥 for "bridge".

In Pop Culture

再别康桥 Zài bié Kāngqiáo
Saying Good-bye to Cambridge Again
Xu Zhimo's farewell poem of 1928, one of the best-known modern Chinese poems and a school classic.

Stroke Order

康 kāng
桥 qiáo