尼古拉特斯拉

Nígǔlā Tèsīlā

proper noun

Meanings

1 Nikola Tesla (Serbian-American inventor and engineer, 1856-1943)

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Examples

HSK 5

很多人只知道特斯拉汽车，却不了解尼古拉特斯拉本人。

Hěnduō rén zhǐ zhīdào Tèsīlā qìchē, què bù liǎojiě Nígǔlā Tèsīlā běnrén.

Many people only know Tesla cars but not the man Nikola Tesla himself.

HSK 7-9

尼古拉特斯拉发明了交流电系统。

Nígǔlā Tèsīlā fāmíng le jiāoliúdiàn xìtǒng.

Nikola Tesla invented the alternating current system.

Tips

culture

The electric car company named itself after him. In Chinese, the person and the company share the surname 特斯拉; the given name 尼古拉 is the usual disambiguator.

Stroke Order

尼 ní

古 gǔ

拉 lā

特 tè

斯 sī