俄罗斯

俄羅斯

Éluósī

noun #2,742

Meanings

1 Russia (country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

Characters

Russia; suddenly (phonetic)

net; gauze (phonetic)

this (classical, phonetic)

Examples

俄罗斯是世界上面积最大的国家。

Éluósī shì shìjiè shàng miànjī zuì dà de guójiā.

Russia is the largest country in the world by area.

我在学俄罗斯语。

Wǒ zài xué Éluósī yǔ.

I'm studying Russian.

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usage

Often shortened to 俄 (É) in compounds: 俄语 (Russian language), 俄军 (Russian military). The older name 俄国 (Éguó) is also still used.

Stroke Order

俄 É

罗 luó

斯 sī