拉维斯

拉維斯

Lāwéisī

noun #28,563

Meanings

1 Lavis or Lawes (surname, transliteration)
2 Travis or Davis (name variant)

Characters

to pull; to drag; phonetic for 'la'

to maintain; dimension; phonetic for 'vi/wei'

this; thus (literary); phonetic for 's-'

Examples

HSK 7-9

拉维斯先生是这家公司的创始人。

Lāwéisī xiānshēng shì zhè jiā gōngsī de chuàngshǐrén.

Mr. Lavis is the founder of this company.

Tips

usage

拉维斯 is a phonetic transliteration used for Western surnames containing '-avis' or '-awes' sounds. Characters are chosen for sound rather than meaning.

Stroke Order

拉 lā

维 wéi

斯 sī