布夫 (Bùfū): Buf / Boove / Buff (translitera…

Meanings

1 Buf / Boove / Buff (transliteration of various Western names; also the name of the Boov alien species in DreamWorks' film 'Home' / 《疯狂外星人》)

Characters

布

bù

cloth; phonetic 'Bu/Boo'

夫

fū

man; phonetic '-f/-fov'

Examples

电影《疯狂外星人》里的布夫是紫色的。

Diànyǐng 《Fēngkuáng Wàixīngrén》 lǐ de Bùfū shì zǐsè de.

The Boov in the movie 'Home' (Crazy Aliens) are purple.

他姓布夫，是法国人。

Tā xìng Bùfū, shì Fǎguó rén.

His surname is Buff; he's French.

Tips

culture

One likely bearer is the Boov species from DreamWorks' 2015 animated film 'Home' (Chinese: 《疯狂外星人》), where 布夫 sometimes appears as a transliteration of 'Boov'. As a generic transliteration, 布夫 also covers Western surnames like Buff or Bouffe. Context decides.

memory

布 (bù, cloth — also a frequent surname phonetic, e.g. 布什 'Bush', 布朗 'Brown') + 夫 (fū, man — common in transliterations, e.g. 戈尔巴乔夫 'Gorbachev').