摩尔人

摩爾人

Mó'ěrrén

proper noun

Meanings

1 Moor (medieval Muslim inhabitant of the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa)
2 the Moors

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

西班牙的阿尔罕布拉宫是摩尔人留下的建筑杰作。

Xībānyá de Ā'ěrhǎnbùlāgōng shì Mó'ěrrén liúxià de jiànzhú jiézuò.

Spain's Alhambra is an architectural masterpiece left behind by the Moors.

HSK 7-9

摩尔人在伊比利亚半岛统治了近八百年。

Mó'ěrrén zài Yībǐlìyà bàndǎo tǒngzhì le jìn bābǎi nián.

The Moors ruled the Iberian Peninsula for nearly eight hundred years.

Tips

history

摩尔 is a phonetic transliteration of 'Moor.' The Moors crossed from North Africa in 711 CE and held al-Andalus until the fall of Granada in 1492. 摩尔人 also commonly refers to today's Mauritanian and Moroccan populations of Berber-Arab descent.

In Pop Culture

奥赛罗 Àosàiluó

Othello

Shakespeare's tragic Moorish general - 摩尔人 in Chinese translations of the play

Stroke Order

摩 mó

尔 ěr

人 rén