罗莎里奥

羅莎里奧

Luóshālǐ'ào

proper noun #30,508

Meanings

1 Rosario (Spanish/Italian name and Argentine city); also a women's name and the city in Argentina, Lionel Messi's hometown

Characters

net; surname Luo

type of grass; transliteration syllable

inside; village; transliteration syllable

deep; profound; transliteration syllable

Examples

HSK 3

罗莎里奥是阿根廷的第三大城市。

Luóshālǐ'ào shì Āgēntíng de dìsān dàchéngshì.

Rosario is the third-largest city in Argentina.

HSK 3

她叫罗莎里奥，来自墨西哥。

Tā jiào Luóshālǐ'ào, láizì Mòxīgē.

She's called Rosario; she's from Mexico.

HSK 7-9

梅西出生于罗莎里奥。

Méixī chūshēng yú Luóshālǐ'ào.

Messi was born in Rosario.

Tips

culture

Rosario, Argentina (population 1.3M) is on the Paraná River - football superstar 莱昂内尔·梅西 (Lionel Messi) and revolutionary 切·格瓦拉 (Che Guevara) were both born there. The Spanish word "Rosario" literally means "rosary" (string of roses), originally a Catholic devotional name.

memory

Four-syllable transliteration: 罗 approximates "Ro-", 莎 "-sa-", 里 "-ri-", 奥 "-o." 莎 (with grass radical) is the standard "-sa" character for women's names: 莉莎 (Lisa), 莎拉 (Sara).

Stroke Order

罗 luó

莎 shā

里 lǐ

奥 ào