沙捞越

沙撈越

shālāoyuè

popculture

Meanings

1 Sarawak, a state of Malaysia in northwest Borneo

Characters

(transliteration) / sand

(transliteration) / to dredge

(transliteration) / to surpass

Examples

沙捞越是马来西亚面积最大的州。

Shālāoyuè shì Mǎláixīyà miànjī zuì dà de zhōu.

Sarawak is the largest state of Malaysia by area.

许多华人祖籍在沙捞越。

Xǔduō huárén zǔjí zài Shālāoyuè.

Many ethnic Chinese have ancestral roots in Sarawak.

Tips

history

Ruled by the British 'White Rajahs' of the Brooke family from 1841 to 1946 — a unique case of a private Western dynasty governing a Bornean kingdom. Joined Malaysia in 1963 along with neighboring Sabah.

Stroke Order

沙 shā

捞 lāo

越 yuè