阿布沙耶夫

Traditional form:

阿布沙耶夫

Pinyin (reading):

Abù Shāyēfū

Definitions:

• Abu Sayyaf, militant Islamist separatist group also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya

Characters:

• 阿 - an initial particle, a prefix used for names; used in transliterations
• 布 - cotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare; to spread
• 沙 - sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
• 耶 - used in transliterations
• 夫 - man, husband; worker; those

Traditional characters:

• 阿 - an initial particle, a prefix used for names; used in transliterations
• 布 - cotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare; to spread
• 沙 - sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
• 耶 - used in transliterations
• 夫 - man, husband; worker; those