埃拉托斯特尼

Traditional form:

埃拉托斯特尼

Pinyin (reading):

Aīlātuōsītèní

Definitions:

• Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c. 276–c. 195 BC), Greek polymath

Characters:

• 埃 - fine dust; dirt; Angstrom
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 托 - to raise, to support; to entrust, to rely on
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 特 - special, unique, distinguished
• 尼 - Buddhist nun; used in transliterations

Traditional characters:

• 埃 - fine dust; dirt; Angstrom
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 托 - to raise, to support; to entrust, to rely on
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 特 - special, unique, distinguished
• 尼 - Buddhist nun; used in transliterations