康普顿

康普頓

Kāngpǔdùn

proper noun #35,235

Meanings

1 Compton (English surname; U.S. city in Los Angeles County)
2 Arthur Compton (Nobel-laureate physicist, Compton effect)

Characters

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Examples

康普顿效应是物理学的重要发现。

Kāngpǔdùn xiàoyìng shì wùlǐxué de zhòngyào fāxiàn.

The Compton effect is an important discovery in physics.

嘻哈组合N.W.A来自加州的康普顿。

Xīhā zǔhé N.W.A láizì Jiāzhōu de Kāngpǔdùn.

The hip-hop group N.W.A comes from Compton, California.

Tips

culture

康普顿 covers two famous reference points: physicist Arthur Compton (康普顿效应, the Compton scattering effect, 1923 Nobel Prize) and the city of Compton, CA - globally known through hip-hop (N.W.A's 1988 album Straight Outta Compton, the Kendrick Lamar generation).

Stroke Order

康 kāng

普 pǔ

顿 dùn