麦考利夫 (Màikǎolìfū): McAuliffe (surname)

Meanings

1 McAuliffe (surname)
2 transliteration most often referring to Christa McAuliffe, the American teacher who died aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986

Characters

麦

mài

wheat (used phonetically for "Mc-")

sharp; profit (here: -li-)

夫

fū

man (here: -fe)

Examples

克里斯塔·麦考利夫是挑战者号上的女教师。

Kèlǐsītǎ Màikǎolìfū shì Tiǎozhànzhě hào shàng de nǚ jiàoshī.

Christa McAuliffe was the female teacher aboard the Challenger.

麦考利夫这个姓在爱尔兰很常见。

Màikǎolìfū zhège xìng zài Ài'ěrlán hěn chángjiàn.

McAuliffe is a common surname in Ireland.

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usage

Phonetic transliteration of the Irish surname "McAuliffe": 麦 mài (the "Mc-" prefix, also used for McDonald's 麦当劳), 考 kǎo (-Au-), 利 lì (-li-), 夫 fū (-fe). The character 夫 fū is the standard ending for foreign male names. Most often refers to Christa McAuliffe (1948-1986), the schoolteacher selected for NASA's Teacher in Space program who died in the Challenger disaster.