桑亚

桑亞

Sāngyà

noun #21,961

Meanings

1 Sanya (city in Hainan, China)
2 Sonya/Sonia (given name, transliteration)

Characters

mulberry tree / phonetic (San-)

Asia / second / phonetic (-ya)

Examples

桑亚是海南省南端的热带旅游城市。

Sāngyà shì Hǎinán shěng nán duān de rèdài lǚyóu chéngshì.

Sanya is a tropical tourist city at the southern tip of Hainan Province.

她的名字叫桑亚，是个俄罗斯女孩。

Tā de míngzì jiào Sāngyà, shì gè Éluósī nǚhái.

Her name is Sonya — she is a Russian girl.

Tips

usage

桑亚 has two distinct uses: (1) as a place name, it refers to Sanya (三亚) in Hainan — note that the official simplified form is 三亚, not 桑亚; (2) as a transliteration of the Slavic name Sonya/Sonia (Russian: Соня). Context determines which meaning applies.

Stroke Order

桑 sāng

亚 Yà