祖舒华

祖舒華

Zǔshūhuá

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Meanings

1 Joshua (Hong Kong / Cantonese-style transliteration of the male given name)

Characters

ancestor (used phonetically: 'Jo-')

to stretch; relaxed (used phonetically: '-shu-')

splendid; China (used phonetically: '-a')

Examples

祖舒华是个常见的英文名字。

Zǔshūhuá shì ge chángjiàn de Yīngwén míngzi.

Joshua is a common English name.

他给儿子起了个英文名叫祖舒华。

Tā gěi érzi qǐ le ge Yīngwén míng jiào Zǔshūhuá.

He gave his son the English name Joshua.

Tips

usage

祖舒华 is the Hong Kong/Cantonese-flavored transliteration of 'Joshua' — read in Cantonese (zou² syu¹ waa⁴) the syllables track the English much more closely than in Mandarin. The Mainland Mandarin version is usually 约书亚 (Yuēshūyà).

Stroke Order

祖 zǔ

舒 shū

华 huá