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穆尼

Mùní
proper noun #31,142

Meanings

  1. 1 Mooney / Muni (English surname)
  2. 2 transliteration of Mooney/Muni; covers actor Paul Muni and characters/people surnamed Mooney

Examples

HSK 5
穆尼一家住在隔壁。
Mùní yìjiā zhù zài gébì.
The Mooney family lives next door.
HSK 7-9
保罗·穆尼是上世纪三十年代的奥斯卡影帝。
Bǎoluó · Mùní shì shàngshìjì sānshí niándài de Àosīkǎ yǐngdì.
Paul Muni was a 1930s Oscar Best Actor winner.

Tips

culture
穆尼 transliterates English 'Mooney' or 'Muni'. The most prominent bearer is Paul Muni (保罗·穆尼, 1895-1967), Polish-American actor who won the 1937 Oscar for Best Actor in 《左拉传》 (The Life of Emile Zola). 穆 'Mu-' is the Chinese standby for English 'Moo-/Mu-' beginnings (Moody 穆迪, Mubarak 穆巴拉克, Murphy 墨菲 - though 墨 also covers Mu- in Murphy). 尼 maps the '-ney/-ni' final.
memory
穆 carries a quiet, dignified flavor in Chinese (its base meaning is 'solemn/respectful'), so it's often the chosen character for foreign names that should sound serious - religious figures, statesmen, scholarly types.

Stroke Order

穆 mù
尼 ní