名侦探柯南

名偵探柯南

MíngZhēntànKēnán

popculture

Meanings

1 Detective Conan (Japanese manga and anime)

Characters

detect/investigate

probe/investigate

(phonetic for 'Co')

(phonetic for 'nan')

Examples

名侦探柯南是她最爱的动漫。

Míng Zhēntàn Kēnán shì tā zuì ài de dòngmàn.

Detective Conan is her favourite anime.

柯南每一集都能破案。

Kēnán měi yī jí dōu néng pò'àn.

Conan solves a case every episode.

Tips

culture

Japanese 名探偵コナン by 青山刚昌 (Aoyama Gōshō), serialized since 1994. The Chinese title keeps 名 ('famous') and replaces the Japanese-order 探偵 with the Chinese-order 侦探 ('detective'). 柯南 transliterates 'Conan' — itself a nod to Arthur Conan Doyle.

Stroke Order

名 míng

侦 zhēn

探 tàn

柯 Kē

南 nán