比利牛斯山

Bǐlìniúsī Shān
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the Pyrenees
  2. 2 the mountain range between France and Spain

Examples

HSK 7-9
Bǐlìniúsī Shān shì Fǎguó hé Xībānyá de tiānrán biānjiè.
The Pyrenees form the natural border between France and Spain.
HSK 7-9
Āndào'ěr shì wèiyú Bǐlìniúsī Shān zhōng de yígè xiǎo guó.
Andorra is a small country nestled in the Pyrenees.

Tips

memory
Pure phonetic transliteration: 'Pyre-nees' becomes 比-利-牛-斯, then 山 'mountain' is appended. Don't try to read the characters semantically - 牛 here is just the 'nee' sound, not 'cow'. Same pattern as 阿尔卑斯山 (Ālǐbēisī Shān, 'Alps').

Stroke Order

比 bǐ
利 lì
牛 niú
斯 sī
山 shān