德国汉莎航空公司

德國漢莎航空公司

DéguóHànshāHángkōngGōngsī

popculture

Meanings

1 Deutsche Lufthansa AG; Lufthansa (the German flag carrier airline)

Characters

Germany (short)

(transliteration: Han-)

(transliteration: -sa)

to navigate; aviation

to manage; company

Examples

我订了一张德国汉莎航空公司的机票飞法兰克福。

Wǒ dìng le yī zhāng Déguó Hànshā Hángkōng Gōngsī de jīpiào fēi Fǎlánkèfú.

I booked a Lufthansa ticket to Frankfurt.

德国汉莎航空公司是星空联盟的创始成员。

Déguó Hànshā Hángkōng Gōngsī shì Xīngkōng Liánméng de chuàngshǐ chéngyuán.

Lufthansa is a founding member of Star Alliance.

Tips

culture

汉莎 is a phonetic transliteration of 'Hansa' — the original company name 'Lufthansa' fuses German Luft (air) with the medieval Hanseatic League trading guilds. In casual speech Chinese speakers often shorten this to just 汉莎航空 or 汉莎.

In Pop Culture

星空联盟 Xīngkōng Liánméng

Star Alliance

the global airline alliance Lufthansa co-founded in 1997

Stroke Order

德 dé

国 guó

汉 hàn

莎 shā

航 háng

空 kōng

公 gōng

司 sī