布托 (Bùtuō): Bhutto (Pakistani political fam…

Meanings

1 Bhutto (Pakistani political family surname)
2 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928-1979), president and prime minister of Pakistan
3 Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007), twice prime minister of Pakistan, assassinated in 2007

Characters

布

bù

cloth (used phonetically: 'bhu-')

托

tuō

to support (used phonetically: '-tto')

Examples

贝娜齐尔·布托是巴基斯坦首位女总理。

Bèinàqí'ěr Bùtuō shì Bājīsītǎn shǒu wèi nǚ zǒnglǐ.

Benazir Bhutto was Pakistan's first female prime minister.

布托家族在巴基斯坦政坛影响很大。

Bùtuō jiāzú zài Bājīsītǎn zhèngtán yǐngxiǎng hěn dà.

The Bhutto family wields great influence in Pakistani politics.

Tips

history

Refers to Pakistan's most prominent political dynasty. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto founded the Pakistan People's Party, served as president (1971-73) and prime minister (1973-77), and was executed by General Zia-ul-Haq in 1979. His daughter Benazir Bhutto (贝娜齐尔·布托) became the Muslim world's first female head of government, was assassinated at a 2007 campaign rally, and is among the most internationally recognized 布托 in Chinese media.

usage

Phonetic transliteration: 布 ('bu', cloth) + 托 ('tuo', support) approximate the English /buː.toʊ/. The characters' literal meanings don't apply when used as a transliteration.