沙捞越

沙撈越

shālāoyuè

proper noun

Meanings

1 Sarawak, a state of Malaysia in northwest Borneo

Characters

(transliteration) / sand

(transliteration) / to dredge

(transliteration) / to surpass

Examples

HSK 3

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.

HSK 7-9

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