夏洛克

Xiàluòkè
noun #16,600

Meanings

  1. 1 Sherlock (name)
  2. 2 Shylock (character in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice)

Characters

Phonetic transliteration — the characters are chosen for sound, not meaning.

Examples

Xiàluòkè · Fú'ěrmósī shì shìjiè shang zuì yǒumíng de zhēntàn.
Sherlock Holmes is the most famous detective in the world.
Shāshìbǐyà bǐxià de Xiàluòkè shì ge tānlán de shāngrén.
Shakespeare's Shylock is a greedy merchant.

Tips

culture
夏洛克 is most commonly associated with Sherlock Holmes (夏洛克·福尔摩斯) in modern Chinese. The Shylock usage is more literary.

In Pop Culture

夏洛克·福尔摩斯 Xiàluòkè · Fú'ěrmósī
Sherlock Holmes
Fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle
夏洛克 Xiàluòkè
Shylock
Character in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

Stroke Order

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