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雅思

Yǎsī
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 IELTS (International English Language Testing System)

Examples

她雅思考了七分。
Tā Yǎsī kǎo le qī fēn.
She scored a 7 on IELTS.
留学英国一般需要雅思成绩。
Liúxué Yīngguó yìbān xūyào Yǎsī chéngjì.
Studying in the UK generally requires an IELTS score.

Tips

memory
雅思 is a phonetic transliteration of IELTS (read letter by letter: 'eye-elts'). The characters were chosen for flattering sound alone — 雅 'elegant' and 思 'thought' — not meaning.

Stroke Order

雅 yǎ
思 sī