利普曼 (Lìpǔmàn): Lippmann / Lipman (Western surn…

Meanings

1 Lippmann / Lipman (Western surname)
2 most often refers to Walter Lippmann (1889–1974), American journalist who coined 'stereotype'; or Gabriel Lippmann (1845–1921), Nobel-winning physicist of color photography

Characters

利

lì

sharp; profit (used phonetically: 'Li-')

普

pǔ

common; general (used phonetically: '-p-')

曼

màn

graceful (used phonetically: '-man')

Examples

利普曼是美国著名的新闻评论员。

Lìpǔmàn shì Měiguó zhùmíng de xīnwén pínglùnyuán.

Lippmann is a famous American news commentator.

他读过利普曼的《舆论》。

Tā dú guo Lìpǔmàn de 《Yúlùn》.

He has read Lippmann's Public Opinion.

Tips

culture

Walter Lippmann's 1922 book 《舆论》 (Public Opinion) introduced the modern political-science sense of 'stereotype' (刻板印象) and is foundational to media studies. The transliteration tracks the syllables: 利 (Li-), 普 (-p-), 曼 (-man).