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谢罗便臣

謝羅便臣
Xièluóbiànchén
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Sir William Robinson, 11th Governor of Hong Kong (1891-1898)

About William Robinson

1836–1912 · 政治家 politician

British colonial official who was Governor of Hong Kong from 1891 to 1898, through the plague outbreak of 1894. The lease of the New Territories to Britain was signed in June 1898, after he had left Hong Kong.

Also called  威廉·罗便臣

Examples

HSK 7-9
谢罗便臣是第十一任香港总督。
Xièluóbiànchén shì dìshíyī rèn Xiānggǎng zǒngdū.
William Robinson was the 11th Governor of Hong Kong.
HSK 7-9
香港的罗便臣道不是以谢罗便臣命名的。
Xiānggǎng de Luóbiànchén Dào bú shì yǐ Xièluóbiànchén mìngmíng de.
Hong Kong's Robinson Road is not named after William Robinson.

Tips

history
罗便臣 follows Cantonese, where it reads lo⁴ bin⁶ san⁴, close to 'Robinson'; Mandarin renders the name 罗宾逊. To keep two governors apart, the earlier Sir Hercules Robinson is now called 罗士敏, after his later title, Lord Rosmead.

In Pop Culture

罗便臣道 Luó biàn chén dào
Robinson Road, Hong Kong
A major road on Hong Kong Island's Mid-Levels, named after an earlier governor, Sir Hercules Robinson, not William Robinson.

Stroke Order

谢 xiè
罗 luó
便 biàn
臣 chén