艾菲尔铁塔

艾菲爾鐵塔

Àifēi'ěr Tiětǎ

proper noun #35,452

Measure Word

一座艾菲尔铁塔 zuò

Meanings

1 Eiffel Tower (Paris) - Taiwan transliteration

Characters

mugwort (foreign 'Ei-')

fragrant (foreign '-ffel')

thou (foreign '-er')

Examples

HSK 4

我们在艾菲尔铁塔下拍了照。

Wǒmen zài Àifēi'ěr Tiětǎ xià pāi le zhào.

We took a photo at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.

HSK 5

艾菲尔铁塔是巴黎的象征。

Àifēi'ěr Tiětǎ shì Bālí de xiàngzhēng.

The Eiffel Tower is a symbol of Paris.

Tips

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艾菲尔铁塔 is the Taiwan / Hong Kong rendering. Mainland China uses 埃菲尔铁塔 - same characters except 艾 becomes 埃. Both transliterate the engineer Gustave Eiffel; 铁塔 means 'iron tower'. Built for the 1889 Paris World's Fair, it was originally meant to be temporary.

Stroke Order

艾 ài

菲 fēi

尔 ěr

铁 tiě

塔 tǎ