特洛依

Tèluòyī

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Meanings

1 Troy (the ancient city of Ilium in Asia Minor, setting of Homer's Iliad)
2 Trojan (as a modifier)

Characters

special; transliteration syllable

Luo River; transliteration syllable

to rely on; according to

Examples

特洛依战争持续了十年。

Tèluòyī zhànzhēng chíxù le shí nián.

The Trojan War lasted ten years.

他读了荷马史诗中关于特洛依的部分。

Tā dú le Hémǎ shǐshī zhōng guānyú Tèluòyī de bùfèn.

He read the parts of Homer's epics about Troy.

特洛依木马是希腊人的诡计。

Tèluòyī Mùmǎ shì Xīlàrén de guǐjì.

The Trojan Horse was the Greeks' ruse.

Tips

culture

特洛依 is the Taiwan / Hong Kong rendering of Troy; Mainland press uses 特洛伊 (same pinyin Tèluòyī). The legendary city of Priam, Hector and Paris was identified with the archaeological mound of Hisarlık in modern Turkey, excavated by Heinrich Schliemann from 1870. 特洛依木马 = Trojan Horse (also the source of 'Trojan' in computer-virus terminology).

memory

特 tè ('T-') + 洛 luò ('-roy' rolled) + 依 yī ('-y'). 洛 (the river name in 洛阳 Luoyang) is heavily reused in transliterations whenever the source has /lo/ or /ro/.

Stroke Order

特 tè

洛 luò

依 yī