凯蒂·法尔威兹 (KǎidìFǎ'ěrwēizī): Katie Farwitz / Falwitz (foreig…

Meanings

1 Katie Farwitz / Falwitz (foreign personal name)
2 transliteration of an English-language given name 'Katie' plus a surname approximating Farwitz/Falwitz

Characters

凯

stalk (of fruit/flower)

·

interpunct separating foreign given/surname

you (literary); used in transliterations for -r-

this; used in transliterations for -z/-tz

Examples

凯蒂·法尔威兹是新来的同事。

Kǎidì Fǎ'ěrwēizī shì xīn lái de tóngshì.

Katie Farwitz is the new colleague.

请把文件交给凯蒂·法尔威兹。

Qǐng bǎ wénjiàn jiāo gěi Kǎidì Fǎ'ěrwēizī.

Please give the documents to Katie Farwitz.

Tips

culture

凯蒂·法尔威兹 transliterates a foreign name. 凯蒂 (Kǎidì) is the standard mapping of 'Katie' / 'Kitty' (also seen as 凯蒂猫 = Hello Kitty). 法尔威兹 maps a surname like 'Farwitz' or 'Falwitz' — 法 'Far/Fa', 尔 the standard '-r' filler, 威 'wi', 兹 'tz/z'.

memory

The interpunct · marks the boundary between given name and surname for foreign names. Read 凯蒂 as one English-style given name 'Katie', then 法尔威兹 as one Western-style surname.