杜伯格

Dùbógé

proper noun #31,606

Meanings

1 Duberg / Dubourg / DuBerg (foreign-name transliteration)
2 three-character phonetic rendering of a Western surname ending in '-berg' or '-bourg'

Characters

Chinese surname Du (phonetic 'Du-')

elder uncle / earl (phonetic '-ber-')

pattern / grid (phonetic '-g')

Examples

HSK 5

杜伯格先生是这家公司的老板。

Dùbógé xiānsheng shì zhè jiā gōngsī de lǎobǎn.

Mr. Duberg is the boss of this company.

HSK 7-9

侦探小说里的反派叫杜伯格。

Zhēntàn xiǎoshuō lǐ de fǎnpài jiào Dùbógé.

The villain in the detective novel is called Duberg.

Tips

usage

Phonetic transliteration: 杜 'du' (English 'Du-' or French 'Du-') + 伯 'bo' (rendering '-ber-' / '-bour-') + 格 'ge' (rendering the German/Yiddish '-berg' or French '-bourg' suffix). Compare similar -berg names: 斯皮尔伯格 Spielberg, 海德堡 Heidelberg, 卢森堡 Luxembourg. The closing 格 / 堡 / 贝格 are interchangeable depending on era and translator.

memory

Each character is phonetic but reads pleasantly: 杜 'a Chinese surname / pear tree' + 伯 'uncle / earl' + 格 'pattern / grid'.

Stroke Order

杜 dù

伯 bó

格 gé