霍克斯

Huòkèsī
proper noun #34,038

Meanings

  1. 1 Hawkes / Hawks (Western surname); notably David Hawkes, the British sinologist who translated The Story of the Stone

Examples

HSK 2
Tā xìng Huòkèsī.
Her surname is Hawkes.
HSK 4
Huòkèsī bǎ 《 Hónglóumèng 》 fānyì chéng le Yīngwén.
Hawkes translated Dream of the Red Chamber into English.

Tips

culture
霍克斯 most famously denotes David Hawkes (1923-2009), the British sinologist whose English translation of 《红楼梦》 (Dream of the Red Chamber / The Story of the Stone) is considered a landmark in Chinese-English literary translation. The same characters render the surname Hawks (e.g., film director Howard Hawks, 霍华德·霍克斯).

Stroke Order

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