克莱沃 (Kèláiwò): Clavo / Klavo / Cleavor (Wester…

Meanings

1 Clavo / Klavo / Cleavor (Western surname or fictional-character name found in subtitles)
2 phonetic transliteration of foreign names ending in '-clavo' or '-klavo'

Characters

克

kè

gram; to overcome (phonetic)

莱

lái

weed; goosefoot (phonetic)

沃

wò

fertile (phonetic)

Examples

克莱沃先生是这家公司的老板。

Kèláiwò xiānsheng shì zhè jiā gōngsī de lǎobǎn.

Mr. Clavo is the boss of this company.

片中那个反派叫克莱沃。

Piàn zhōng nàge fǎnpài jiào Kèláiwò.

The villain in the film is called Clavo.

Tips

memory

克 (kè) → 'cl-/k-', 莱 (lái) → 'lai/lay', 沃 (wò) → 'vo/wo'. Together 克莱沃 covers Western names ending in '-lavo/-lavo' or '-leavor', commonly seen in Chinese subtitles for action/adventure films. 克 is the standard subtitle pick for a hard 'k' or 'c' onset (compare 克林顿 Clinton, 克拉克 Clark).