莱克

萊克
Láikè
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Meanings

  1. 1 Lake / Lake (English surname or place suffix; transliteration component used in Western names)

Examples

Láikè xiānshēng zhù zài hú biān.
Mr. Lake lives by the lake.
Yánhúchéng de yīngwén shì Salt Lake City, cháng yì zuò "yánhúchéng" ér fēi "yán Láikè chéng".
Salt Lake City is conventionally rendered '盐湖城' (literally 'salt-lake city') rather than '盐莱克城'.

Tips

usage
('lai') + ('k') = 'Lake'. Mostly used as a surname (Veronica Lake → 维罗妮卡·莱克) or as the second half of a compound like 布莱克 (Black/Blake). When 'lake' is the geographic feature, Chinese translates it as — never as 莱克.

Stroke Order

lái