凡德高

fándégāo
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Meanings

  1. 1 Van Gogh (alternate transliteration of the Dutch surname 'van Gogh')

Examples

Fándégāo de huàzuò chōngmǎn qínggǎn.
Van Gogh's paintings are full of emotion.
Wǒ qù měishùguǎn kàn le Fándégāo de zhǎnlǎn.
I went to the art museum to see the Van Gogh exhibition.

Tips

mistakes
The standard Mainland transliteration of Van Gogh is 梵高 (Fàngāo) or · / (Fángāo). 凡德高 is a less-common older or Hong Kong-style rendering that explicitly transliterates the Dutch 'de' particle. If you're writing about the painter today, prefer 梵高.

In Pop Culture

文森特·· Wénsēntè Fán Gāo
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890), creator of 《星夜》 (The Starry Night), 《向日葵》 (Sunflowers), and 《自画像》 (self-portraits). One of the most famous artists in world history.

Stroke Order

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