奥桑

奧桑

Àosāng

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Meanings

1 Osan (city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, home of Osan Air Base)
2 transliterated foreign name component

Characters

phonetic 'san'; lit. mulberry

Examples

奥桑空军基地是驻韩美军的重要据点。

Àosāng kōngjūn jīdì shì zhù Hán Měijūn de zhòngyào jùdiǎn.

Osan Air Base is an important post for US Forces Korea.

奥桑位于首尔以南约六十公里处。

Àosāng wèiyú Shǒu'ěr yǐ nán yuē liùshí gōnglǐ chù.

Osan lies about 60 kilometers south of Seoul.

Tips

culture

奥桑 most often refers to 오산 Osan, a city in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province best known internationally for 奥桑空军基地 (Osan Air Base), one of the largest US Air Force installations in East Asia. The same syllables sometimes transliterate other foreign names too — context decides.

Stroke Order

奥 ào

桑 sāng