莎士比亚

莎士比亞

Shāshìbǐyà

proper noun #6,430

Meanings

1 William Shakespeare (English playwright and poet)

About William Shakespeare

1564–1616 · 作家 writer

English playwright and poet of Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth, often called 莎翁 in Chinese. His plays are taught and staged across China, and Hamlet's question is quoted as 生存还是毁灭.

Also called 威廉·莎士比亚、莎翁

Characters

Asia; inferior; second

Phonetic transliteration of 'Shakespeare'.

Examples

HSK 5

莎士比亚是英国文学史上最伟大的作家之一。

Shāshìbǐyà shì Yīngguó wénxué shǐ shàng zuì wěidà de zuòjiā zhīyī.

Shakespeare is one of the greatest writers in the history of English literature.

Tips

history

His Chinese name took time to settle: an 1856 history of England wrote him as 舌克斯毕, and 梁启超 first used 莎士比亚 in 1902. 林纾's 1904 retelling called Hamlet 《鬼诏》, 'the ghost's decree'.

Stroke Order

莎 shā

士 shì

比 bǐ

亚 Yà