威廉斯

Wēiliánsī

proper noun #30,580

Meanings

1 Williams (English surname)
2 phonetic transliteration of the surname Williams

Characters

might, power / phonetic 'Wi'

honest / phonetic 'lliam'

Examples

HSK 7-9

威廉斯是一个常见的英文姓氏。

Wēiliánsī shì yīgè chángjiàn de yīngwén xìngshì.

Williams is a common English surname.

HSK 7-9

塞蕾娜·威廉斯是著名的网球运动员。

Sèlěinà · Wēiliánsī shì zhùmíng de wǎngqiú yùndòngyuán.

Serena Williams is a famous tennis player.

Tips

culture

威 ('mighty') + 廉 (surname char) makes 'Wei-lien' = 'William', and the trailing 斯 (generic 's' character) handles the genitive '-s'. So 威廉 = William, 威廉斯 = Williams. Famous bearers in Chinese awareness include 塞蕾娜·威廉斯 (Serena Williams, tennis), 罗宾·威廉斯 (Robin Williams, comedian/actor) and 约翰·威廉斯 (John Williams, the Star Wars composer).

Stroke Order

威 wēi

廉 lián

斯 sī