西班牙 (Xībānyá): Spain (country in Southwest Europe)

Meanings

Literally 'west class tooth' — purely phonetic. The same characters appear in 西班牙语 (Xībānyáyǔ, Spanish language).

Xībānyá de zúqiú hěn yǒumíng.

Spain's football is very famous.

Wǒ xiǎng xué Xībānyáyǔ.

I want to learn Spanish.

usage

西班牙语 (Xībānyáyǔ) is the word for Spanish language. It's the second most spoken native language in the world.

西 xī

班 bān

牙 yá