Nàisījī shì xiǎoshuō lǐ nà wèi Bōlán liúwángzhě de xìngshì.
Nesky is the surname of the Polish exile in the novel.
Tips
usage
Almost never a complete name on its own — 奈斯基 typically forms the tail of longer Slavic surnames (e.g. 柴可夫斯基 Cháikěfūsījī 'Tchaikovsky', 陀思妥耶夫斯基 Tuósītuǒyēfūsījī 'Dostoyevsky'). The 斯基 (sījī) ending is the standard PRC rendering of '-sky/-ski'.
memory
Sound-by-sound: 奈 (nài, 'to bear/endure' — purely transliteration) for 'ne-', 斯 (sī, 'this') for '-s-', 基 (jī, 'foundation') for '-ki/-ky'. Spot 斯基 at the end of any name and you can almost guarantee it's Polish or Russian.
