卡洛威 (Kǎluòwēi): Calloway / Carraway (English su…

Meanings

1 Calloway / Carraway (English surname, transliteration)
2 in Chinese subtitles, often Nick Carraway from The Great Gatsby (《了不起的盖茨比》) or Cab Calloway (jazz singer)

Characters

卡

kǎ

card (phonetic 'Ca-/Ka-')

洛

luò

(river name) (phonetic '-ll-/-rr-')

威

wēi

mighty (phonetic '-way')

Examples

卡洛威是故事的叙述者。

Kǎluòwēi shì gùshi de xùshùzhě.

Carraway is the narrator of the story.

我在书里读到过卡洛威。

Wǒ zài shū lǐ dú dào guo Kǎluòwēi.

I read about Calloway in a book.

Tips

usage

卡 (kǎ, 'Ka-') + 洛 (luò, '-ro-/-llo-') + 威 (wēi, 'mighty,' standard '-way' ending also seen in 海明威 Hemingway, 麦克斯威 Maxwell). Most prominent bearer in Chinese pop-culture subtitles: Nick Carraway, the narrator of 《了不起的盖茨比》 (The Great Gatsby), played by Tobey Maguire in the 2013 film. Also Cab Calloway, the famous American jazz bandleader.