葛雷克

Géléikè

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Meanings

1 Greco / Gleick / Glick (Chinese transliteration of Western surnames such as Greco or Gleick)

Characters

kudzu vine; phonetic 'g(r)-'

thunder; phonetic '-re-/-le-'

to overcome; standard transliteration syllable for '-k/-co'

Examples

葛雷克教授下周来访。

Géléikè jiàoshòu xiàzhōu láifǎng.

Professor Greco is visiting next week.

这本书的作者是葛雷克。

Zhè běn shū de zuòzhě shì Géléikè.

The author of this book is Greco.

Tips

usage

A phonetic rendering of English/European names beginning with 'Gre-' or 'Gle-' and ending in '-k' (e.g. Greco, Gleick). The cluster 雷克 (léikè) is the standard mapping for the '-rek/-leck/-eick' sound.

Stroke Order

葛 gé

雷 léi

克 kè