巴特勒

Bātèlè

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Meanings

1 Butler (English surname)
2 common transliteration of the name Butler

Characters

to hope for / phonetic 'ba'

special / phonetic 't'

to rein in / phonetic 'le'

Examples

巴特勒先生是位英国绅士。

Bātèlè xiānsheng shì wèi Yīngguó shēnshì.

Mr. Butler is an English gentleman.

瑞德·巴特勒是《飘》中的男主角。

Ruìdé Bātèlè shì 《Piāo》 zhōng de nán zhǔjué.

Rhett Butler is the male protagonist in Gone with the Wind.

Tips

culture

巴特勒 is the standard Chinese transliteration of the English surname Butler. It famously refers to Rhett Butler (瑞德·巴特勒), the leading man in Margaret Mitchell's 《飘》 (Gone with the Wind). 巴 (bā) approximates 'Bu', 特 (tè) handles 't', and 勒 (lè) closes the 'ler'.

Stroke Order

巴 bā

特 tè

勒 lè