默西迪丝

默西迪絲

Mòxīdísī

proper noun #33,611

Meanings

1 Mercedes (Western female given name; in Chinese, also a literary transliteration of the name - most famously Mercédès, the heroine of Alexandre Dumas's《基督山伯爵》(The Count of Monte Cristo))

Characters

默

mò

silent (used phonetically: 'mer/mo')

西

xī

west (used phonetically: 'ce/se')

迪

dí

to enlighten (used phonetically: 'de/di')

丝

sī

silk thread (used phonetically: '-s')

Examples

HSK 2

她给女儿取名叫默西迪丝。

Tā gěi nǚ'ér qǔmíng jiào Mòxīdísī.

She named her daughter Mercedes.

HSK 6

默西迪丝是基督山伯爵年轻时的恋人。

Mòxīdísī shì Jīdūshān Bójué niánqīng shí de liànrén.

Mercédès was the Count of Monte Cristo's lover when he was young.

Tips

culture

Four-syllable transliteration of 'Mercedes' (Mer-ce-de-s → Mò-xī-dí-sī). The standout literary bearer is Mercédès in 《基督山伯爵》 (The Count of Monte Cristo) by Dumas - Edmond Dantès's fiancée, who marries his rival when he's imprisoned. The Mercedes-Benz car brand is usually written 梅赛德斯 (Méisàidésī) instead, so seeing 默西迪丝 in a sentence almost always means a person.

Stroke Order

默 mò

西 xī

迪 dí

丝 sī