贾平凹

賈平凹

Jiǎ Píngwā

proper noun

Meanings

1 Jia Pingwa (1952-), prominent Shaanxi novelist, author of Ruined City (废都) and Turbulence (浮躁)

Characters

concave (read wā here, not āo)

Examples

HSK 7-9

贾平凹的小说多以陕西农村为背景。

Jiǎpíngwā de xiǎoshuō duō yǐ Shǎnxī nóngcūn wéi bèijǐng.

Jia Pingwa's novels are mostly set in the Shaanxi countryside.

HSK 7-9

《废都》是他最具争议的作品。

《 Fèi Dū 》 shì tā zuì jù zhēngyì de zuòpǐn.

Ruined City is his most controversial work.

Tips

memory

Note the unusual reading: 凹 is normally āo (concave), but in this name it's read wā; he chose this pronunciation himself, tied to his childhood nickname 平娃.

Stroke Order

贾 jiǎ

平 píng

凹 āo