葡萄牙

Pútáoyá
noun #14,583

Meanings

  1. 1 Portugal (country in Western Europe, Iberian Peninsula)

Characters

Phonetic: 'grape-grape-tooth' — 葡萄 means 'grape' and means 'tooth.' Coincidentally, Portugal is indeed one of the world's great wine-producing countries!

Examples

Pútáoyá wèiyú Ōuzhōu xīnánbù.
Portugal is located in southwestern Europe.
Pútáoyá yǐ gǎngkǒu pútáojiǔ wénmíng.
Portugal is famous for port wine.

Tips

memory
The first two characters 葡萄 literally mean 'grape' — and Portugal really is famous for its wine and port. One of the rare cases where the phonetic transliteration accidentally fits!

Stroke Order

táo