桑给巴尔

桑給巴爾

Sāngjǐbā'ěr

noun #27,875

Meanings

1 Zanzibar (semi-autonomous island region of Tanzania)

Characters

mulberry tree; phonetic

to give; phonetic

to cling; phonetic

you (classical); phonetic

Examples

桑给巴尔以出口丁香而闻名。

Sāngjǐbā'ěr yǐ chūkǒu dīngxiāng ér wénmíng.

Zanzibar is famous for exporting cloves.

他计划今年去桑给巴尔度假。

Tā jìhuà jīnnián qù Sāngjǐbā'ěr dùjià.

He plans to vacation in Zanzibar this year.

Tips

culture

桑给巴尔 is the Chinese transliteration of Zanzibar, an archipelago off the coast of Tanzania. It was a major center for the Indian Ocean spice trade and was the birthplace of Freddie Mercury of the rock band Queen.

In Pop Culture

弗雷迪·墨丘利 Fúléidí Mòqiūlì

Freddie Mercury — lead singer of Queen, born in Zanzibar (桑给巴尔) in 1946

musician birthplace

Stroke Order

桑 sāng

给 gěi

巴 bā

尔 ěr