新西兰

新西蘭

Xīnxīlán

noun #12,450

Meanings

1 New Zealand (country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean)

Characters

west (phonetic)

orchid (phonetic)

新 means 'new' (matching 'New'), while 西兰 is phonetic for 'Zealand.' So it's half-translated, half-phonetic.

Examples

新西兰的风景非常美丽。

Xīnxīlán de fēngjǐng fēicháng měilì.

New Zealand's scenery is very beautiful.

新西兰有很多绵羊。

Xīnxīlán yǒu hěn duō miányáng.

New Zealand has many sheep.

Stroke Order

新 xīn

西 xī

兰 lán