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雅典

Yǎ diǎn

2-character word

What 雅典 means

1. Athens, capital of Greece

The characters in 雅典

• 雅yǎelegant
• 典diǎncanon; law; standard work of scholarship

Example sentences

• 我会去到雅典。
  Wǒ huì qù dào Yǎdiǎn.
  I will be visiting Athens.
• 我既不是雅典人也不是希腊人。
  Wǒ jì bù shì Yǎdiǎn rén yě bù shì Xīlà rén.
  I'm neither an Athenian nor a Greek.
• 很多有名的哲学家和诗人都来自雅典。
  Hěn duō yǒumíng de zhéxuéjiā hé shīrén dōu láizì Yǎdiǎn.
  Many famous philosophers and poets come from Athens.

Words starting with 雅典

• 雅典娜Yǎ diǎn nàAthena
• 雅典卫城Yǎ diǎn wèi chéngthe Acropolis (Athens)
• 雅典的泰门Yǎ diǎn de Tài ménTimon of Athens, 1607 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亚

Words containing 雅典

• 古雅典gǔ Yǎ diǎnancient Athens

Sounds the same

Read Yǎ diǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 哑点blind spot; dead spot