托勒密 tuō lè mì

Ptolemy; ancient Greek-Egyptian astronomer

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 29483rd word

Definitions

  1. 1. Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文学大成tiān wén xué dà chéng
  2. 2. Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC
  3. 3. see also 托勒玫tuō lè méi

Characters

Character Meaning
托 tuō HSK 5
to entrust; to be entrusted with; to trust
勒 lè
to strap tightly; to bind; to force
密 mì HSK 4
secret; confidential; close