瑞典

Ruìdiǎn

proper noun #7,185

Meanings

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

HSK 2

瑞典的冬天很冷。

Ruìdiǎn de dōngtiān hěn lěng.

Sweden's winters are very cold.

HSK 7-9

诺贝尔奖是在瑞典颁发的。

Nuòbèi'ěr jiǎng shì zài Ruìdiǎn bānfā de.

The Nobel Prize is awarded in Sweden.

memory

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

瑞 ruì

典 diǎn