雅思

Yǎsī

noun

Meanings

1 IELTS (International English Language Testing System)

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

她雅思考了七分。

Tā Yǎsī kǎo le qī fēn.

She scored a 7 on IELTS.

HSK 3

留学英国一般需要雅思成绩。

Liúxué Yīngguó yìbān xūyào Yǎsī chéngjì.

Studying in the UK generally requires an IELTS score.

Tips

memory

雅思 is a phonetic transliteration of IELTS (read letter by letter: 'eye-elts'). The characters were chosen for flattering sound alone - 雅 'elegant' and 思 'thought' - not meaning.

Stroke Order

雅 yǎ

思 sī