(luó mǎ) - Rome in Mandarin

luómǎ

Traditional: 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gǔ筑zhù。

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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This word is part of lesson 29.