马利亚纳海沟

Traditional form:

馬利亞納海溝

Pinyin (reading):

Mǎlìyànà Hǎigōu

Definitions:

• Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench)

Characters:

• 马 - horse; surname
• 利 - gains, advantage, profit, merit
• 亚 - Asia; second
• 纳 - to adopt, to accept; to receive, to take
• 海 - sea, ocean; maritime
• 沟 - ditch, drain, gutter, narrow waterway

Traditional characters:

• 馬 - horse; surname
• 利 - gains, advantage, profit, merit
• 亞 - Asia; second
• 納 - to adopt, to accept; to receive, to take
• 海 - sea, ocean; maritime
• 溝 - ditch, drain, gutter, narrow waterway