泰格 (Tàigé): Tiger (foreign name translitera…

Meanings

1 Tiger (foreign name transliteration)
2 Taeg / Tag

Characters

泰

tài

great; safe (phonetic)

格

gé

pattern; standard (phonetic)

Examples

泰格·伍兹是著名的高尔夫球手。

Tàigé Wǔzī shì zhùmíng de gāo'ěrfū qiúshǒu.

Tiger Woods is a famous golfer.

他给狗起名叫泰格。

Tā gěi gǒu qǐ míng jiào Tàigé.

He named the dog Tiger.

Tips

culture

泰格 is the standard Chinese transliteration of the English name Tiger, most famously 泰格·伍兹 (Tàigé Wǔzī, Tiger Woods). It is also used for the watch brand Tag Heuer (泰格豪雅, Tàigé Háoyǎ). Note: the animal tiger is 老虎 (lǎohǔ) — 泰格 is purely phonetic for the proper noun.