官渡之战 in English Guan1 du4 zhi1 Zhan4 Meaning

Meanings

  • Battle of Guandu of 199 that established Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] domination over north China, at Guandu (near modern 許昌|许昌[Xu3 chang1] in north Henan)

Simplified Characters

官 渡 之 战

Traditional Characters

官 渡 之 戰

Pinyin

Guan1 du4 zhi1 Zhan4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

官guan1surname Guan 渡du4to cross 之zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) 战zhan4to fight