马戛尔尼 mǎ jiá ěr ní

Macartney; British envoy; Paul McCartney

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of British mission to Qing China in 1793
  2. 2. Paul McCartney, former Beatle

Characters

Character Meaning
马 mǎ HSK 3
horse; surname Ma
戛 jiá
variant of 戛jiá; to tap; to scrape
尔 ěr HSK 4
variant of 爾ěr; so; thus
尼 ní
(often used in phonetic spellings); Buddhist nun