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新西兰

新西蘭
Xīnxīlán
noun #12,450

Meanings

  1. 1 New Zealand (country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean)

Characters

新
xīn
new
西
xī
west (phonetic)
兰
lán
orchid (phonetic)
新 means 'new' (matching 'New'), while 西兰 is phonetic for 'Zealand.' So it's half-translated, half-phonetic.

Examples

新西兰的风景非常美丽。
Xīnxīlán de fēngjǐng fēicháng měilì.
New Zealand's scenery is very beautiful.
新西兰有很多绵羊。
Xīnxīlán yǒu hěnduō miányáng.
New Zealand has many sheep.

Stroke Order

新 xīn
西 xī
兰 lán