贾平凹

賈平凹

Jiǎpíngwā

proper noun

Meanings

1 Jia Pingwa (1952-), prominent Shaanxi novelist, author of Ruined City (废都) and Turbulence (浮躁)

Characters

concave (read wā here, not āo)

Examples

贾平凹的小说多以陕西农村为背景。

Jiǎpíngwā de xiǎoshuō duō yǐ Shǎnxī nóngcūn wéi bèijǐng.

Jia Pingwa's novels are mostly set in the Shaanxi countryside.

《废都》是他最具争议的作品。

《 Fèi Dū 》 shì tā zuì jù zhēngyì de zuòpǐn.

Ruined City is his most controversial work.

Tips

memory

Note the unusual reading: 凹 is normally āo (concave), but in this name it's read wā — he chose this pronunciation himself, tied to his childhood nickname 平娃 (Píngwá).

Stroke Order

贾 jiǎ

平 píng

凹 āo