史纳皮

史納皮
Shǐnàpí
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Meanings

  1. 1 Snappy / Snape / Snape-y (transliteration of a Western name, often a fictional character)

Examples

Shǐnàpí shì zhè bù dònghuà lǐ de yì zhī xiǎogǒu.
Snappy is a little dog in this cartoon.
Wǒ bǎ wǒ de wánǒu qǔmíng jiào Shǐnàpí.
I named my plush toy Snappy.

Tips

memory
Three-syllable transliteration: (shǐ, 'history') for the 'Sn-' onset (Chinese has no native 'sn-' cluster, so the 's' becomes its own syllable); (nà, 'to accept') for '-na-'; (pí, 'skin/leather') for '-py'. The standard rendering of Severus Snape from Harry Potter is 斯内普 (Sīnèipǔ), so 史纳皮 is more likely a different character — perhaps a children's-show pet.
mistakes
Don't confuse 史纳皮 with 斯内普 (Sīnèipǔ, the canonical Chinese name for Severus Snape). They sound similar but use different transliteration characters and different tone profiles.

Stroke Order

shǐ