阿拉斯加大学

Traditional form:

阿拉斯加大學

Pinyin (reading):

Alāsījiā Dàxué

Definitions:

• University of Alaska

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)
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 加 - to add to, to increase, to augment
• 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
• 学 - learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology

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)
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 加 - to add to, to increase, to augment
• 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
• 學 - learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology