纽黑文

紐黑文

Niǔhēiwén

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Meanings

1 New Haven (city in Connecticut, USA — home of Yale University)

Characters

knot, button; 'New' in transliterations

black; transliteration syllable

writing; transliteration syllable

Examples

耶鲁大学位于纽黑文。

Yēlǔ Dàxué wèiyú Niǔhēiwén.

Yale University is located in New Haven.

他在纽黑文读了四年书。

Tā zài Niǔhēiwén dú le sì nián shū.

He studied for four years in New Haven.

Tips

memory

Compare with 纽约 (New York) — both start with 纽 (niǔ) for 'new'. 黑文 (hēiwén, 'black writing') phonetically matches 'haven'. Founded 1638 by English Puritans; Yale moved there in 1716.

Stroke Order

纽 niǔ

黑 hēi

文 wén