拉尼娜

Lāníná

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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

今年冬天受到拉尼娜的影响。

Jīnnián dōngtiān shòudào Lāníná de yǐngxiǎng.

This winter is affected by La Niña.

拉尼娜常常带来更冷的冬天。

Lāníná chángcháng dàilái gèng lěng de dōngtiān.

La Niña often brings colder winters.

Tips

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拉尼娜 is the cool-phase counterpart of 厄尔尼诺 (È'ěrnínuò, 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 → 拉-尼-娜. The 娜 (nà) character has the 女 (woman) radical, fitting 'the girl'.

Stroke Order

拉 lā

尼 ní

娜 nà