纳达尔

納達爾

Nàdá'ěr

proper noun

Meanings

1 Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player, 22-time Grand Slam champion and 'King of Clay'

About Rafael Nadal

born 1986 · 运动员 athlete

Spanish tennis player who won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, a record 14 of them at the French Open, which earned him the name 红土之王 (King of Clay). He retired in 2024.

Also called 拉斐尔·纳达尔

Characters

纳

Nà

accept; receive (phonetic)

达

dá

reach; arrive (phonetic)

尔

ěr

you; thus (phonetic)

Examples

HSK 5

纳达尔是红土之王。

Nàdá'ěr shì hóngtǔ zhī wáng.

Nadal is the King of Clay.

HSK 6

纳达尔赢得过十四次法网冠军。

Nàdá'ěr yíngdé guò shísì cì Fǎwǎng guànjūn.

Nadal has won the French Open fourteen times.

Tips

culture

Chinese fans call him 纳豆, the word for natto, Japanese fermented soybeans, because it starts like his name; some shorten it to 豆子 'bean'. His never-say-die play also earned him 蛮牛, 'raging bull'.

Stroke Order

纳 nà

达 dá

尔 ěr

纳达尔