哥特式

gētèshì

adjective #34,795

Meanings

1 Gothic (style in architecture, art, literature, etc.)

Characters

elder brother (used phonetically)

Examples

巴黎圣母院是著名的哥特式建筑。

Bālí Shèngmǔyuàn shì zhùmíng de gētèshì jiànzhú.

Notre-Dame de Paris is a famous Gothic building.

她喜欢哥特式小说。

Tā xǐhuān gētèshì xiǎoshuō.

She likes Gothic novels.

Tips

memory

哥特 is a phonetic borrowing of "Goth" (the Germanic tribe/style), and 式 means "style/type." So 哥特式 = "Goth-style" — works for cathedrals, fonts, novels, and fashion alike.

Stroke Order

哥 gē

特 tè

式 shì