瑞典

Ruìdiǎn

noun #7,185

Meanings

Literally 'auspicious canon' — a flattering transliteration. One of the nicer-sounding country names in Chinese.

瑞典的冬天很冷。

Ruìdiǎn de dōngtiān hěn lěng.

Sweden's winters are very cold.

诺贝尔奖是在瑞典颁发的。

Nuòbèi'ěrjiǎng shì zài Ruìdiǎn bānfā de.

The Nobel Prize is awarded in Sweden.

memory

瑞典 and 瑞士 (Switzerland) both start with 瑞 (ruì, auspicious). Remember: 典 (diǎn, canon) for Sweden, 士 (shì, scholar) for Switzerland.

瑞 ruì

典 diǎn