奥古斯

奧古斯

Àogǔsī

proper noun #30,783

Meanings

1 Augustus (transliteration; given name or stem of "Augustus/August")
2 shortened form of 奥古斯都 (Roman Emperor Augustus)

Characters

profound; transliterates "Au"

ancient; transliterates "gu"

this; transliterates "s"

Examples

奥古斯是古罗马第一位皇帝的名字。

Àogǔsī shì gǔluómǎ dìyī wèi huángdì de míngzì.

Augustus is the name of ancient Rome's first emperor.

电影主角名叫奥古斯。

Diànyǐng zhǔjiǎo míngjiào Àogǔsī.

The film protagonist is named Augustus.

Tips

usage

A clipped transliteration of "Augustus" — the full Chinese form for the Roman emperor is usually 奥古斯都 (Àogǔsīdū). 奥古斯 by itself shows up in subtitles for shorter names like "August" or as a partial reading. Each character is purely phonetic: 奥 (ào) = "Au", 古 (gǔ) = "gu", 斯 (sī) = "s".

Stroke Order

奥 ào

古 gǔ

斯 sī