Phonetic transliteration covering the "S-tay-vee" sound - used for foreign names like Stavi, Stavy or shortened forms ending in -stevi.
斯 (sī) is the workhorse for any "s-" syllable in foreign names (also in
莎士比亚 Shakespeare,
斯坦福 Stanford).
戴 (dài) covers "-tay/-day,"
维 (wéi) covers "-vi/-vee" (also in
维克多 Victor,
戴维 David). Almost all SUBTLEX hits for this string come from subtitled foreign drama.
