普里兹

普里茲

Pǔlǐzī

proper noun #34,389

Meanings

1 Pritz / Prince / Pritzker (transliteration of foreign names)
2 phonetic prefix used for surnames such as Pritzker (普里兹克) and Pulitzer-adjacent names

Characters

phonetic 'pu' (also: universal)

phonetic 'li' (also: inside)

phonetic 'zi/z' (often used for ending consonants)

Examples

HSK 1

他的名字是普里兹。

Tā de míngzì shì Pǔlǐzī.

His name is Pritz.

HSK 7-9

普里兹克建筑奖被誉为建筑界的诺贝尔奖。

Pǔlǐzī kè jiànzhú jiǎng bèi yùwéi jiànzhú jiè de Nuòbèi'ěrjiǎng.

The Pritzker Architecture Prize is hailed as the Nobel Prize of architecture.

Tips

culture

普里兹 most often shows up as part of 普里兹克 (Pǔlǐzīkè) - Pritzker, the Chicago hotel-and-real-estate family that endows the Pritzker Architecture Prize (awarded since 1979 to architects like I.M. Pei 贝聿铭, Zaha Hadid, and Wang Shu 王澍). Standalone, 普里兹 transliterates similar-sounding Slavic and Germanic names. Characters are picked phonetically: 普 (pǔ), 里 (lǐ), 兹 (zī).

Stroke Order

普 pǔ

里 lǐ

兹 zī