亞西爾・阿拉法特 yà xī ěr ・ ā lā fǎ tè

DEFINITIONS

  1. Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat

CHARACTERS

亞 yà Asia; second; used as a prefix to names
西 xī
HSK 1
west(ern); westward, occident
爾 ěr you; that, those; final particle
阿 ā
HSK 3
prefix for people's names; used in transliteration
拉 lā
HSK 4
pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen
法 fǎ
HSK 3
law, rule, regulation, statute; France, French
特 tè
HSK 3
special, unique, distinguished