苏伊士

蘇伊士

Sūyīshì

proper noun #38,376

Meanings

1 Suez, port city in Egypt at the southern end of the Suez Canal

Characters

revive (used for transliteration)

he; she (literary; used for transliteration)

scholar (used for transliteration)

Examples

HSK 6

苏伊士是埃及的一座港口城市。

Sūyīshì shì Āijí de yí zuò gǎngkǒu chéngshì.

Suez is a port city in Egypt.

HSK 7-9

运河从苏伊士往北，一直通往地中海。

Yùnhé cóng Sūyīshì wǎng běi, yìzhí tōngwǎng Dìzhōnghǎi.

From Suez the canal runs north all the way to the Mediterranean.

Tips

usage

The name is mostly heard in 苏伊士运河, the Suez Canal, opened in 1869, and 苏伊士危机, the Suez Crisis of 1956, which followed the nationalization of the canal by Egypt's president 纳赛尔.

Stroke Order

苏 sū

伊 yī

士 shì