夏洛克

Xiàluòkè
noun #16,600

Meanings

  1. 1 Sherlock (name)
  2. 2 Shylock (character in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice)

Characters

Phonetic transliteration — the characters are chosen for sound, not meaning.

Examples

Xiàluòkè Fú'ěrmósī shì shìjiè shang zuì yǒumíng de zhēntàn.
Sherlock Holmes is the most famous detective in the world.
Shāshìbǐyà bǐ xià de Xiàluòkè shì ge tānlán de shāngrén.
Shakespeare's Shylock is a greedy merchant.

Tips

culture
夏洛克 is most commonly associated with Sherlock Holmes (夏洛克·福尔摩斯) in modern Chinese. The Shylock usage is more literary.

In Pop Culture

夏洛克·福尔摩斯 Xiàluòkè Fú'ěrmósī
Sherlock Holmes
Fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle
夏洛克 Xiàluòkè
Shylock
Character in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

Stroke Order

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