Five-syllable phonetic transliteration of the English surname 'Stanfield':
斯 (sī, 's-'),
坦 (tǎn, '-tan'),
菲 (fēi, 'f-'),
尔 (ěr, the standard syllable for unstressed English '-er/-r'),
德 (dé, '-d/-de'). This is the conventional Xinhua-news mapping for European surnames ending in '-field' (compare
加菲尔德 Garfield,
斯普林菲尔德 Springfield). A well-known fictional bearer is Marlo Stanfield from HBO's 《
火线》 (The Wire); real-life bearers include various American politicians.
