泰坦尼克号

Traditional form:

泰坦尼克號

Pinyin (reading):

Tàitǎnníkè Hào

Definitions:

• RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912

Characters:

• 泰 - great, exalted, superior; calm; big
• 坦 - flat, level, smooth; candid, open
• 尼 - Buddhist nun; used in transliterations
• 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
• 号 - mark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to cry, to roar

Traditional characters:

• 泰 - great, exalted, superior; calm; big
• 坦 - flat, level, smooth; candid, open
• 尼 - Buddhist nun; used in transliterations
• 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
• 號 - mark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to cry, to roar