鄂尔多斯沙漠

Traditional form:

鄂爾多斯沙漠

Pinyin (reading):

Eěrduōsī Shāmò

Definitions:

• Ordos Desert, Inner Mongolia

Characters:

• 鄂 - Hubei province; startled
• 尔 - you; that, those; final particle
• 多 - much, many, multi-; more than, over
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 沙 - sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
• 漠 - desert; aloof, cool, indifferent

Traditional characters:

• 鄂 - Hubei province; startled
• 爾 - you; that, those; final particle
• 多 - much, many, multi-; more than, over
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 沙 - sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
• 漠 - desert; aloof, cool, indifferent