奥古斯

奧古斯

Àogǔsī

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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 gǔ Luómǎ dì-yī 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 míng jiào 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