霍尔木兹海峡

霍爾木茲海峽

Huò'ěrmùzīHǎixiá

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Meanings

1 Strait of Hormuz

Characters

suddenly (transliteration: Hor-)

you (transliteration syllable)

wood (transliteration: -mu-)

this (transliteration: -z)

Examples

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 zhī yī.

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

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

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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