狮身人面像

獅身人面像

shīshēnrénmiànxiàng

noun #47,802

Meanings

1 sphinx
2 the Great Sphinx of Giza

Characters

Examples

埃及的狮身人面像有四千多年历史。

Āijí de shīshēnrénmiànxiàng yǒu sìqiān duō nián lìshǐ.

Egypt's Sphinx is over four thousand years old.

狮身人面像就在金字塔旁边。

Shīshēnrénmiànxiàng jiù zài jīnzìtǎ pángbiān.

The Sphinx sits right next to the pyramids.

Tips

memory

The name literally decodes the image: 狮身 'lion body' + 人面 'human face' + 像 'statue'. Applies both to the Giza Sphinx specifically and to sphinx figures in general.

Stroke Order

狮 shī

身 shēn

人 rén

面 miàn

像 xiàng