史威

Shǐwēi
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Meanings

  1. 1 Swee / Schwie / Shi-Wei (foreign or Chinese-style name fragment)
  2. 2 transliteration syllables for foreign surnames starting 'Sw-/Schw-' and the Chinese surname 史 (Shi) plus 威

Examples

Shǐwēi xiānshēng shì gōngsī de xīnrèn gùwèn.
Mr. Shi-Wei is the company's newly appointed advisor.
Shǐwēi zhège míngzi tīng qǐlái hěn yǒu lìliàng.
The name Shi-Wei sounds powerful.

Tips

culture
史威 has two reasonable readings: (1) as a foreign-name fragment, it transliterates 'Swee' / 'Schwie' / similar — the sw- onset goes to (Shǐ-, an approximation of the foreign 'sw' since Mandarin lacks /sw/), and closes a 'wee/wie' sound; (2) as a Chinese-style name, is a real surname (Shǐ, originally meaning 'historian') and ('might') is a common given-name character — making 史威 a plausible person's name.
memory
is the workhorse for foreign 'S-' starts where /s/ followed by a glide doesn't fit other characters: 史密斯 Smith, 史蒂夫 Steve. Pair with ('-wee/-vee/-wi') and you get a serviceable transliteration shell.

Stroke Order

shǐ
wēi