罗马

luó

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

Stroke order for 罗

Stroke order for 马

Examples

We want to travel to Rome next year.

Rome is the capital of Italy.

zhù

Rome has many ancient buildings.

Rome was not built in a day.

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.