西尔斯

西爾斯

Xī'ěrsī

proper noun #33,564

Meanings

1 Sears (transliteration; American department store and surname)

Characters

west (phonetic 'Se-')

you; thus (phonetic '-ar-')

this (phonetic '-s')

Examples

HSK 7-9

西尔斯曾经是美国最大的连锁百货公司。

Xī'ěrsī céngjīng shì Měiguó zuì dà de liánsuǒ bǎihuò gōngsī.

Sears was once the largest department store chain in America.

HSK 7-9

芝加哥的西尔斯大厦现在叫威利斯大厦。

Zhījiāgē de Xī'ěrsī Dàshà xiànzài jiào Wēilìsī Dàshà.

Chicago's Sears Tower is now called the Willis Tower.

Tips

usage

Phonetic transliteration of 'Sears': 西 'Se-', 尔 '-ar-', 斯 '-s'. The most prominent referents are the American retailer Sears, Roebuck & Co. (founded 1893) and the iconic Sears Tower in Chicago (renamed Willis Tower in 2009 but still widely called 西尔斯大厦 in Chinese). Also serves as a generic surname rendering.

Stroke Order

西 xī

尔 ěr

斯 sī