张国焘

Traditional form:

張國燾

Pinyin (reading):

Zhāng Guótāo

Definitions:

• Zhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected to Guomindang in 1938

Characters:

• 张 - to display; to expand, to open; to stretch; a sheet of paper
• 国 - country, nation, state; national
• 焘 - to shine, to illuminate; to cover, to envelop

Traditional characters:

• 張 - to display; to expand, to open; to stretch; a sheet of paper
• 國 - country, nation, state; national
• 燾 - to shine, to illuminate; to cover, to envelop