符拉迪沃斯托克

Fúlādíwòsītuōkè

popculture

Meanings

1 Vladivostok (Russian Pacific port city, capital of Primorsky Krai)

Characters

tally (transliteration: V-)

pull (transliteration: -la-)

guide (transliteration: -di-)

fertile (transliteration: -vo-)

this (transliteration: -s-)

support (transliteration: -to-)

gram (transliteration: -k)

Examples

符拉迪沃斯托克是俄罗斯远东最大的港口城市。

Fúlādíwòsītuōkè shì Éluósī Yuǎndōng zuì dà de gǎngkǒu chéngshì.

Vladivostok is the largest port city in Russia's Far East.

西伯利亚铁路的东端就是符拉迪沃斯托克。

Xībólìyà Tiělù de dōng duān jiùshì Fúlādíwòsītuōkè.

The eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway is Vladivostok.

Tips

history

The city's traditional Chinese name is 海参崴 Hǎishēnwǎi (literally 'sea-cucumber bay'), referring to the area as historic Qing-dynasty territory ceded to Russia in the 1860 Treaty of Beijing 北京条约. Mainland official maps now use the transliteration 符拉迪沃斯托克 in parallel with 海参崴.

usage

符拉迪沃斯托克 is the formal phonetic transliteration of Russian Владивосток. In casual conversation and Chinese media, 海参崴 is still very common — the choice can carry political nuance.

Stroke Order

符 fú

拉 lā

迪 dí

沃 wò

斯 sī

托 tuō

克 kè