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Definition(s) for: 埃尔金

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
埃尔金 aī ěr jīn - James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圓明園|圆明园 in 1860
- Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1801-1810

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 44,697 - -

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- abbr. for Egypt 埃及[Ai1ji2] or Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亞|埃塞俄比亚[Ai1sai4e2bi3ya4]
- dust
- dirt
- angstrom
- phonetic ai or e
ěr- variant of 爾|尔[er3]
ěr- thus
- so
- like that
- you
- thou
jīn- surname Jin
- surname Kim (Korean)
- Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
jīn- gold
- chemical element Au
- generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
- money
- golden
- highly respected
- one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

Other Words Containing 埃尔金

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
埃尔金 - - 44,697 - -