紫石英号

Traditional form:

紫石英號

Pinyin (reading):

Zǐshíyīng Hào

Definitions:

• HMS Amethyst, Royal Navy corvette involved in a 1949 gunfight with the PLA on the Changjiang

Characters:

• 紫 - purple, violet; amethyst; surname
• 石 - stone, rock, mineral
• 英 - petal, flower, leaf; brave, heroic; English
• 号 - mark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to cry, to roar

Traditional characters:

• 紫 - purple, violet; amethyst; surname
• 石 - stone, rock, mineral
• 英 - petal, flower, leaf; brave, heroic; English
• 號 - mark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to cry, to roar