弗朗西斯

Fúlǎngxīsī

noun #8,011

Meanings

1 Francis (English name)
2 Frances (transliteration of foreign name)

Characters

not (literary); phonetic

bright; clear (phonetic)

west (phonetic)

this (literary); phonetic suffix

Phonetic transliteration of the English name 'Francis.'

Examples

弗朗西斯是一个很常见的英文名。

Fúlǎngxīsī shì yī gè hěn chángjiàn de Yīngwén míng.

Francis is a very common English name.

教皇弗朗西斯呼吁世界和平。

Jiàohuáng Fúlǎngxīsī hūyù shìjiè hépíng.

Pope Francis called for world peace.

Tips

usage

弗朗西斯 is used for the name Francis/Frances. Pope Francis is commonly called 方济各 (Fāngjìgè) in Catholic contexts or 弗朗西斯 in news media.

Stroke Order

弗 fú

朗 lǎng

西 xī

斯 sī