比尔·盖茨 (Bǐ'ěr Gàicí): Bill Gates (1955-), co-founder…

Meanings

1 Bill Gates (1955-), co-founder of Microsoft and major philanthropist

Characters

比

bǐ

compare (used phonetically)

尔

ěr

you (used phonetically)

·

盖

gài

cover (used phonetically)

茨

cí

thatch (used phonetically)

Examples

HSK 6

比尔·盖茨创办了微软公司。

Bǐ'ěr · Gàicí chuàngbàn le Wēiruǎn gōngsī.

Bill Gates founded Microsoft.

HSK 7-9

很多人认为比尔·盖茨是世界上最有影响力的慈善家之一。

Hěnduō rén rènwéi Bǐ'ěr · Gàicí shì shìjiè shàng zuì yǒu yǐngxiǎnglì de císhànjiā zhīyī.

Many consider Bill Gates one of the world's most influential philanthropists.

Tips

culture

The middle dot · between 比尔 and 盖茨 is called 间隔号 and is the standard Chinese way to separate the given name and surname of a Western figure.

In Pop Culture

微软 Wēiruǎn

Microsoft

Software giant Gates co-founded with Paul Allen in 1975.

比尔及梅琳达·盖茨基金会 Bǐ'ěr jí Méi líndá · Gàicí Jījīnhuì

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

World’s largest private charitable foundation, focused on global health and education.

Stroke Order

比 bǐ

尔 ěr

盖 gài

茨 cí

Related Words

比尔盖茨 Bǐ'ěr Gàicí #68,062

Bill Gates (co-founder of Microsoft)

比尔 bǐ'ěr #2,102

Bill

比尔·布坎南 Bǐ'ěr Bùkǎnnán #12,984

Bill Buchanan (English name)

Gaelic / Geier or Gayer (name)

比特 bǐtè #5,336

bit (unit of digital information)

比利 Bǐlì #3,250

Billy (name) / Billie

比如说 bǐrúshuō HSK 2 #2,784

for example

比如 bǐrú HSK 2 #973

for example / such as