法蒂玛

法蒂瑪

Fǎdìmǎ

proper noun #66,742

Meanings

1 Fatimah / Fatima (given name)
2 the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad; also the Marian apparition site in Portugal

Characters

law (phonetic: Fa-)

stem, base (phonetic: -ti-)

agate (phonetic: -ma)

Examples

HSK 1

法蒂玛是穆罕默德的女儿。

Fǎdìmǎ shì Mùhǎnmòdé de nǚ'ér.

Fatimah was the daughter of Muhammad.

HSK 7-9

他们去葡萄牙的法蒂玛朝圣。

Tāmen qù Pútáoyá de Fǎdìmǎ cháoshèng.

They made a pilgrimage to Fátima in Portugal.

Tips

culture

Two famous referents share this Chinese rendering: Fātimah bint Muhammad (revered in Islam, especially by Shi'a) and Fátima, Portugal, the Catholic pilgrimage site of the 1917 Marian apparitions. Context tells you which.

Stroke Order

法 fǎ

蒂 dì

玛 mǎ