莱顿

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Láidùn

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Meanings

1 Leiden (city in the Netherlands)
2 also a common surname Layton / Leyton transliteration

Characters

weeds (here phonetic 'Lay-')

to pause (here phonetic '-don/-den')

Examples

莱顿大学是欧洲最古老的大学之一。

Láidùn dàxué shì Ōuzhōu zuì gǔlǎo de dàxué zhī yī.

Leiden University is one of the oldest universities in Europe.

伦勃朗出生在荷兰的莱顿。

Lúnbólǎng chūshēng zài Hélán de Láidùn.

Rembrandt was born in Leiden, Netherlands.

Tips

culture

Leiden (莱顿) is the Dutch university town where Rembrandt was born and where 莱顿大学 (Leiden University, founded 1575) sits. In Chinese physics curricula it's also known for the 莱顿瓶 (Leyden jar), the 18th-century device that first stored static electricity.

Stroke Order

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