安第斯

Āndìsī

proper noun #34,270

Meanings

1 the Andes (mountain range in South America)

Characters

peace (here phonetic 'An-')

ordinal prefix (here phonetic '-de-')

this (here phonetic '-s')

Examples

安第斯山脉是世界上最长的山脉。

Āndìsī shānmài shì shìjiè shàng zuì cháng de shānmài.

The Andes is the longest mountain range in the world.

印加文明发源于安第斯地区。

Yìn jiāwén míng fā yuányú Āndìsī dìqū.

Inca civilization originated in the Andes region.

Tips

culture

安第斯 almost always appears in 安第斯山脉 ('the Andes mountain range'), running about 7,000 km along the western edge of South America through Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. It is the heartland of the Inca Empire (印加帝国) and home of the llama (大羊驼) and quinoa (藜麦).

Stroke Order

安 ān

第 dì

斯 sī