艾尔玛

艾爾瑪

Ài'ěrmǎ

proper noun #32,911

Meanings

1 Alma / Irma (Western female given name)
2 Hurricane Irma (2017 Atlantic hurricane)

Characters

you (literary); phonetic

Examples

HSK 4

艾尔玛是欧美常见的女性名字。

Ài'ěrmǎ shì Ōuměi chángjiàn de nǚxìng míngzi.

Alma/Irma is a common Western female name.

HSK 7-9

飓风艾尔玛重创了加勒比海地区。

Jùfēng Ài'ěrmǎ zhòngchuàng le Jiālèbǐ Hǎi dìqū.

Hurricane Irma devastated the Caribbean region.

Tips

usage

Catches two related Western names depending on source: Alma (Latin 'nourishing') and Irma (Germanic 'whole'). 艾 (ài) approximates 'Al-/Ir-', 尔 (ěr) renders the medial '-r-', 玛 (mǎ) gives the final '-ma'. The most frequent recent referent is Hurricane Irma (2017), one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record.

Stroke Order

艾 ài

尔 ěr

玛 mǎ