爱丁堡

愛丁堡

Àidīngbǎo

proper noun #16,411

Meanings

HSK 4

爱丁堡是苏格兰的首都。

Àidīngbǎo shì Sūgélán de shǒudū.

Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland.

HSK 6

每年八月，爱丁堡会举办世界闻名的艺术节。

Měinián bāyuè, Àidīngbǎo huì jǔbàn shìjiè wénmíng de yìshùjié.

Every August, Edinburgh hosts a world-famous arts festival.

memory

The characters are purely phonetic: 爱 (ài, love) + 丁 (dīng) + 堡 (bǎo, fortress). You can imagine a 'love fortress' to remember the sound.

爱 ài

丁 dīng

堡 bǎo