皮克 (Píkè): Piqué (Spanish footballer Gerar…

Meanings

1 Piqué (Spanish footballer Gerard Piqué)
2 Pic / Pick (general transliteration of foreign surnames such as Pic, Pick, Pique)

Characters

皮

pí

skin (used phonetically for 'Pi-')

克

kè

to overcome / gram (used phonetically for '-ke/-k')

Examples

皮克是著名的足球后卫。

Píkè shì zhùmíng de zúqiú hòuwèi.

Piqué is a famous football defender.

皮克为巴塞罗那效力多年。

Píkè wèi Bāsàiluónà xiàolì duō nián.

Piqué played for Barcelona for many years.

Tips

culture

Most prominent real-world bearer in Chinese-language sports media: Spanish center-back Gerard Piqué (杰拉德·皮克), born 1987, World Cup and Euro winner with Spain, La Liga and Champions League winner with Barcelona. The same characters also serve as a generic transliteration for English 'Pick' or French 'Pic' surnames.

memory

皮 (pí, 'skin') + 克 (kè, 'to overcome / gram') — both used purely phonetically here, mapping to 'Pi-' and '-ké/-k'. 克 is the universal closing-'-k' character in name transliterations: 马克 (Mark), 杰克 (Jack), 迈克 (Mike).