霍尔木兹海峡

霍爾木茲海峽

Huò'ěrmùzī Hǎixiá

proper noun

Meanings

1 Strait of Hormuz

Characters

suddenly (transliteration: Hor-)

you (transliteration syllable)

wood (transliteration: -mu-)

this (transliteration: -z)

Examples

HSK 7-9

霍尔木兹海峡是世界上最重要的石油运输通道之一。

Huò'ěrmùzī Hǎixiá shì shìjiè shàng zuì zhòngyào de shíyóu yùnshū tōngdào zhīyī.

The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world's most important oil shipping routes.

HSK 7-9

霍尔木兹海峡连接波斯湾和阿曼湾。

Huò'ěrmùzī Hǎixiá liánjiē Bōsīwān hé Āmànwān.

The Strait of Hormuz connects the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

Tips

culture

Roughly 20% of the world's traded oil passes through 霍尔木兹海峡. It sits between Iran (伊朗 Yīlǎng) to the north and Oman/UAE to the south, and any tension there immediately spikes global oil prices.

Stroke Order

霍 huò

尔 ěr

木 mù

兹 zī

海 hǎi

峡 xiá