欧里庇得斯

Traditional form:

歐里庇得斯

Pinyin (reading):

Oūlǐbìdésī

Definitions:

• Euripides (c. 480-406 BC), Greek tragedian, author of Medea, Trojan Women etc

Characters:

• 欧 - Europe, ohm; surname
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 庇 - cover, shield; to protect, to shelter; to harbor
• 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations

Traditional characters:

• 歐 - Europe, ohm; surname
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 庇 - cover, shield; to protect, to shelter; to harbor
• 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations