布鲁西

布魯西

Bùlǔxī

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Meanings

1 Brucie / Brussi (transliteration of a foreign given name)
2 (generic) phonetic rendering of names like 'Brucie,' 'Brussi,' or 'Bluesy'

Characters

cloth (phonetic)

Lu (state name; phonetic)

west (phonetic)

Examples

布鲁西是个外国人的名字。

Bùlǔxī shì gè wàiguórén de míngzi.

Brucie is a foreign person's name.

他给小狗起名叫布鲁西。

Tā gěi xiǎogǒu qǐ míng jiào Bùlǔxī.

He named the puppy Brucie.

Tips

memory

Sound-out: 布 (bù) → 'Bru-,' 鲁 (lǔ) → '-lu-' / '-ru-' (Mandarin uses 鲁 for the English 'r' that English ears hear as 'r' but Mandarin renders with 'l'), 西 (xī) → '-cee/-si.' Common as a diminutive of 'Bruce' or as a stand-alone European name. Most often appears as a character name in translated novels and films rather than a famous real person.

Stroke Order

布 bù

鲁 Lǔ

西 xī