法兰德斯

法蘭德斯

Fǎlándésī

proper noun #32,650

Meanings

1 Flanders (the Dutch-speaking northern region of Belgium)
2 (historical) the medieval County of Flanders, covering parts of modern Belgium, France, and the Netherlands

Characters

法

fǎ

law (phonetic 'fla-')

兰

lán

orchid (phonetic '-lan-')

德

dé

virtue (phonetic '-der-')

斯

sī

this (phonetic '-s')

Examples

HSK 6

法兰德斯是比利时的北部地区。

Fǎlándésī shì Bǐlìshí de běibù dìqū.

Flanders is the northern region of Belgium.

HSK 7-9

法兰德斯画派代表人物有鲁本斯和凡·艾克。

Fǎlándésī huà pài dàibiǎo rénwù yǒu Lǔběnsī hé Fán · Àikè.

Major figures of the Flemish school of painting include Rubens and Van Eyck.

Tips

culture

法兰德斯 (Flanders) is the Dutch-speaking northern half of Belgium, distinct from French-speaking Wallonia (瓦隆). It gave its name to the Flemish school of painting (法兰德斯画派) - Jan van Eyck (凡·艾克), Rubens (鲁本斯), Bruegel (勃鲁盖尔) - and to the WWI poppy fields immortalized in "In Flanders Fields". Mainland Chinese sometimes uses 弗拉芒 or 佛兰德斯 for the same region.

memory

法 -> "Fla-", 兰 -> "-an-", 德 -> "-der-", 斯 -> "-s". The same 德斯 ending closes many Chinese transliterations of "-ders/-des" (compare 安第斯 "Andes").

Stroke Order

法 fǎ

兰 lán

德 dé

斯 sī