青木 (Qīngmù): Aoki (Japanese surname 青木, lite…

Meanings

1 Aoki (Japanese surname 青木, literally 'green tree')

Characters

青

Examples

青木先生是日本著名的设计师。

Qīngmù xiānsheng shì Rìběn zhùmíng de shèjìshī.

Mr. Aoki is a famous Japanese designer.

他从小就崇拜青木真也。

Tā cóngxiǎo jiù chóngbài Qīngmù Zhēnyě.

He's idolized Aoki Shinya since childhood.

Tips

culture

青木 (Aoki, あおき) is a common Japanese surname meaning 'green tree'. Notable bearers include the architect Jun Aoki (青木淳, designer of Louis Vuitton flagship stores), DJ Steve Aoki (史蒂夫·青木), and MMA fighter Shinya Aoki (青木真也). When written for a Chinese context, the same Kanji are read in Mandarin as Qīngmù.

usage

When transliterating Japanese names, Chinese keeps the original kanji and reads them with Mandarin pronunciation rather than imitating the Japanese sound. So 青木 stays 青木 (not 阿奥基).