马德拉斯

Traditional form:

馬德拉斯

Pinyin (reading):

Mǎdélāsī

Definitions:

• Madras or Chennai 欽奈／钦奈 ( Qīnnài), capital of Tamil Nadu on East coast of India

Characters:

• 马 - horse; surname
• 德 - ethics, morality; compassion, kindness
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations

Traditional characters:

• 馬 - horse; surname
• 德 - ethics, morality; compassion, kindness
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations