拉尼娜

Lānínà

proper noun

Meanings

1 La Niña (cooler-than-average sea surface temperature in the equatorial Pacific)

Characters

to pull (here: phonetic 'La')

Buddhist nun (here: phonetic 'ni')

graceful (here: phonetic 'ña')

Examples

HSK 2

今年冬天受到拉尼娜的影响。

Jīnnián dōngtiān shòudào Lānínà de yǐngxiǎng.

This winter is affected by La Niña.

HSK 2

拉尼娜常常带来更冷的冬天。

Lānínà chángcháng dàilái gèng lěng de dōngtiān.

La Niña often brings colder winters.

Tips

culture

拉尼娜 is the cool-phase counterpart of 厄尔尼诺 (El Niño). Spanish 'La Niña' = 'the girl' (vs. 'El Niño' = 'the boy'). Together they form the ENSO climate cycle.

memory

Pure phonetic loan from Spanish: La-Ni-Ña becomes 拉-尼-娜. The 娜 character has the 女 (woman) radical, fitting 'the girl'.

Stroke Order

拉 lā

尼 ní

娜 nà