麦佳维

麥佳維

Màijiāwéi

noun #28,154

Meanings

1 Machiavelli (transliteration)
2 referring to Niccolò Machiavelli or Machiavellian principles

Characters

wheat; phonetic (Mac-)

good; fine; phonetic (-chia-)

to maintain; dimension; phonetic (-velli)

Examples

麦佳维的政治思想影响深远。

Màijiāwéi de zhèngzhì sīxiǎng yǐngxiǎng shēnyuǎn.

Machiavelli's political thought has had a profound influence.

他的手段被人称作麦佳维式的。

Tā de shǒuduàn bèi rén chēngzuò Màijiāwéi shì de.

His methods were described by others as Machiavellian.

Tips

history

麦佳维 is one of several Chinese transliterations of 'Machiavelli' (the more common renderings are 马基雅维利 or 马基亚维利). Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) was an Italian political philosopher, known for The Prince.

Stroke Order

麦 mài

佳 jiā

维 wéi