戈德斯坦

Gēdésītǎn

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Meanings

1 Goldstein (Western surname transliteration)

Characters

dagger-axe / surname

virtue (often used for foreign 'de/d')

this (common phonetic 's')

level / flat (phonetic 'tan')

Examples

戈德斯坦是英语和德语中常见的犹太姓氏。

Gēdésītǎn shì Yīngyǔ hé Déyǔ zhōng chángjiàn de Yóutài xìngshì.

Goldstein is a common Jewish surname in English and German.

在《1984》里，艾曼纽尔·戈德斯坦是党的头号敌人。

Zài 《Yījiǔbāsì》 lǐ, Àimànniǔ'ěr Gēdésītǎn shì dǎng de tóuhào dírén.

In 1984, Emmanuel Goldstein is the Party's number one enemy.

Tips

culture

戈德斯坦 is the standard Mandarin transliteration of Goldstein. Best known to Chinese readers as Emmanuel Goldstein, the fictional arch-enemy of the Party in Orwell's 《1984》 (Nineteen Eighty-Four). Other notable bearers include economist Joshua Goldstein and physicist Herbert Goldstein.

Stroke Order

戈 gē

德 dé

斯 sī

坦 tǎn