摩尔人

摩爾人

Mó'ěrrén

popculture

Meanings

1 Moor (medieval Muslim inhabitant of the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa)
2 the Moors

Characters

to rub (used phonetically: 'mo')

you (literary; used phonetically: 'er')

Examples

摩尔人在伊比利亚半岛统治了近八百年。

Mó'ěrrén zài Yībǐlìyà bàndǎo tǒngzhì le jìn bābǎi nián.

The Moors ruled the Iberian Peninsula for nearly eight hundred years.

西班牙的阿尔罕布拉宫是摩尔人留下的建筑杰作。

Xībānyá de Ā'ěrhǎnbùlāgōng shì Mó'ěrrén liúxià de jiànzhú jiézuò.

Spain's Alhambra is an architectural masterpiece left behind by the Moors.

Tips

history

摩尔 is a phonetic transliteration of 'Moor.' The Moors crossed from North Africa in 711 CE and held al-Andalus until the fall of Granada in 1492. 摩尔人 also commonly refers to today's Mauritanian and Moroccan populations of Berber-Arab descent.

In Pop Culture

奥赛罗 Àosàiluó

Othello

Shakespeare's tragic Moorish general — 摩尔人 in Chinese translations of the play

Stroke Order

摩 mó

尔 ěr

人 rén