罗马
luómǎTraditional: 羅馬
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Translation
Rome
Word origin
A phonetic transliteration of the place name Rome, with 罗 (luó) and 马 (mǎ) chosen for their sound rather than their meaning.
- Origin
- loan
- Root
- 罗 (luó) + 马 (mǎ), chosen for sound
Stroke order
罗
马
Examples
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We want to travel to Rome next year.
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Rome is the capital of Italy.
古筑。
Rome has many ancient buildings.
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Rome was not built in a day.
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He lived in Rome for three years.
罗马 (luó mǎ) is the Chinese name for Rome, the capital of Italy. The two characters are picked purely to approximate the foreign sound.
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