莫扎特

Mòzhātè

proper noun #12,505

Meanings

1 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austrian composer)

About Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1756–1791 · 音乐家 musician

Austrian composer of the Classical era who toured Europe as a child prodigy and wrote over 600 works, among them the operas The Marriage of Figaro and The Magic Flute and the serenade Eine kleine Nachtmusik.

Also called 莫札特

Characters

莫

mò

do not; there is not; mustn't

扎

zhā

to prick; to pierce; to stab; to tie

特

tè

special; unique; distinguished

Phonetic transliteration of 'Mozart'.

Examples

HSK 3

我喜欢听莫扎特的音乐。

Wǒ xǐhuan tīng Mòzhātè de yīnyuè.

I like listening to Mozart's music.

Tips

culture

The 'Mozart effect', 莫扎特效应, the idea that his music makes listeners cleverer, made his sonatas a staple of 胎教 'prenatal education' in China, music played to unborn babies. The 1993 study behind it found only a brief rise in students' spatial reasoning.

Stroke Order

莫 mò

扎 zhā

特 tè

莫扎特