恩杜戈

Ēndùgē

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Meanings

1 Ndugu (transliteration; commonly an African given/surname, e.g. the boy Ndugu in the film About Schmidt)

Characters

kindness; favor (phonetic 'N-')

to stop; surname Du (phonetic 'du')

dagger-axe (phonetic 'gu')

Examples

施密特先生写信给一个叫恩杜戈的非洲男孩。

Shīmìtè xiānsheng xiě xìn gěi yīgè jiào Ēndùgē de Fēizhōu nánhái.

Mr. Schmidt writes letters to an African boy named Ndugu.

恩杜戈在斯瓦希里语中意为‘兄弟’。

Ēndùgē zài Sīwǎxīlì yǔ zhōng yì wéi 'xiōngdì'.

Ndugu means 'brother' in Swahili.

Tips

usage

Phonetic transliteration of 'Ndugu' — Swahili for 'brother/sibling'. 恩 (ēn) renders the leading nasal N-, 杜 (dù) for '-du-', 戈 (gē) for '-gu'. Best known to Chinese audiences as Ndugu Umbo, the Tanzanian foster child written to throughout About Schmidt (《关于施密特》, 2002).

Stroke Order

恩 ēn

杜 dù

戈 gē