伯克斯

Bókèsī

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Meanings

1 Burks (surname)
2 Birks (surname)

Characters

uncle (used phonetically for 'Bo/Bur')

gram (used phonetically for 'k')

this (used phonetically for 's')

Examples

伯克斯先生是这家公司的总经理。

Bókèsī xiānsheng shì zhè jiā gōngsī de zǒngjīnglǐ.

Mr. Burks is the general manager of this company.

电影里的伯克斯探员很机智。

Diànyǐng lǐ de Bókèsī tànyuán hěn jīzhì.

Agent Burks in the movie is very witty.

Tips

culture

伯克斯 is a standard transliteration for English surnames ending in '-urks' or '-irks'. Each character is purely phonetic: 伯 (bó), 克 (kè), 斯 (sī) — the same syllables that make up countless other transliterated names like 伯克利 (Berkeley).

Stroke Order

伯 bó

克 kè

斯 sī