米尔顿 (Mǐ'ěrdùn) · Milton (English given name and surname)

Meanings

1 Milton (English given name and surname)
2 John Milton, English poet, author of Paradise Lost (《失乐园》)

About John Milton

1608–1674 · 诗人 poet

English poet who, after going blind, dictated the epic 失乐园 (Paradise Lost) on Satan's rebellion and the fall of Adam and Eve. He also wrote in defence of a free press and served Cromwell's government.

Also called 约翰·米尔顿、弥尔顿

Characters

you (literary, phonetic 'l/r')

顿

dùn

to pause (phonetic '-ton')

Examples

HSK 7-9

米尔顿的《失乐园》是英国文学的经典之作。

Mǐ'ěrdùn de 《 Shīlèyuán 》 shì Yīngguó wénxué de jīngdiǎnzhīzuò.

Milton's Paradise Lost is a classic of English literature.

HSK 7-9

米尔顿·弗里德曼是著名的经济学家。

Mǐ'ěrdùn Fúlǐdémàn shì zhùmíng de jīngjìxuéjiā.

Milton Friedman was a famous economist.

Tips

usage

米尔顿 also writes the given name Milton, as in the economist 米尔顿·弗里德曼. Mainland texts usually spell the poet 弥尔顿, and Taiwan swaps the two: 米尔顿 for the poet, 弥尔顿 for Friedman.

memory

米 'mi' + 尔 'l' + 顿 '-tun/ton' = 'Mil-ton'. 顿 is the standard Chinese character for closing English '-ton' place names: 华盛顿 Washington, 波士顿 Boston, 牛顿 Newton, 伊顿 Eton.