利特尔顿

利特爾頓

Lìtè'ěrdùn

proper noun #33,574

Meanings

1 Littleton (place name and surname; most prominently the Colorado city where Columbine High School is located)

Characters

sharp; profit (phonetic 'li')

special (phonetic 't')

you; that (phonetic '-r')

to pause (phonetic '-ton')

Examples

HSK 4

利特尔顿位于美国科罗拉多州。

Lìtè'ěrdùn wèiyú Měiguó Kēluōlāduōzhōu.

Littleton is in the U.S. state of Colorado.

HSK 5

1999年的利特尔顿校园枪击案震惊世界。

1999 nián de Lìtè'ěrdùn xiàoyuán qiāngjī àn zhènjīng shìjiè.

The 1999 Littleton school shooting shocked the world.

Tips

usage

Standard four-character phonetic for 'Littleton': 利 ('li') + 特 ('t') + 尔 ('-r') + 顿 ('-ton'). Most often refers to Littleton, Colorado - the suburb where the Columbine massacre took place on April 20, 1999. Also used for Littleton, Massachusetts and as a British surname.

Stroke Order

利 lì

特 tè

尔 ěr

顿 dùn