哥白尼 gē bái ní

Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 32990th word

Definitions

  1. 1. Mikolaj Kopernik or Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), Polish astronomer, mathematician and polymath

Characters

Character Meaning
哥 gē HSK 2
elder brother
白 bái HSK 2
white; bright; pure
尼 ní
(often used in phonetic spellings); Buddhist nun