阿拉伯半岛

Traditional form:

阿拉伯半島

Pinyin (reading):

Alābó Bàndǎo

Definitions:

• Arabian Peninsula

Characters:

• 阿 - an initial particle, a prefix used for names; used in transliterations
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 伯 - older brother; father's elder brother; sir, sire, count
• 半 - half; semi-, incomplete
• 岛 - island

Traditional characters:

• 阿 - an initial particle, a prefix used for names; used in transliterations
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 伯 - older brother; father's elder brother; sir, sire, count
• 半 - half; semi-, incomplete
• 島 - island