杜伦

杜倫

Dùlún

proper noun #35,654

Meanings

1 Durham (English city and university)
2 (also a foreign surname rendering: Duren / Duran)

Characters

Du (surname) / to stop (used phonetically here)

human relations (used phonetically here)

Examples

HSK 1

他在杜伦读了三年书。

Tā zài Dùlún dú le sān nián shū.

He studied at Durham for three years.

HSK 5

杜伦大学是英国最古老的大学之一。

Dùlún Dàxué shì Yīngguó zuì gǔlǎo de dàxué zhīyī.

Durham University is one of the oldest universities in England.

Tips

culture

Durham is a small cathedral city in northeast England. Durham University (杜伦大学), founded 1832, is the third-oldest in England after Oxford and Cambridge. Some mainland sources also write 达勒姆 for Durham - both are in active use.

Stroke Order

杜 dù

伦 lún