忽必烈

Hūbìliè
proper noun #38,416

Meanings

  1. 1 Kublai Khan (1215–1294), grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Yuan dynasty

Examples

HSK 4
Hūbìliè shì Chéngjísīhán de sūnzi.
Kublai Khan was a grandson of Genghis Khan.
HSK 7-9
Hūbìliè jiànlì le Yuáncháo, bǎ dūchéng shè zài jīntiān de Běijīng.
Kublai founded the Yuan dynasty and made today's Beijing his capital.

Tips

history
Chinese histories call him by his temple name, 元世祖. He received Marco Polo, 马可波罗, at his summer capital 上都, and his two invasions of Japan, in 1274 and 1281, were wrecked by storms.

Stroke Order

忽 hū
必 bì
烈 liè