恩杜戈

Ēndùgē

proper noun #32,765

Meanings

1 Ndugu (transliteration; commonly an African given/surname, e.g. the boy Ndugu in the film About Schmidt)

Characters

kindness; favor (phonetic 'N-')

to stop; surname Du (phonetic 'du')

dagger-axe (phonetic 'gu')

Examples

HSK 7-9

施密特先生写信给一个叫恩杜戈的非洲男孩。

Shīmìtè xiānsheng xiěxìn gěi yī gè jiào Ēndùgē de Fēizhōu nánhái.

Mr. Schmidt writes letters to an African boy named Ndugu.

HSK 7-9

恩杜戈在斯瓦希里语中意为‘兄弟’。

Ēndùgē zài Sīwǎxīlǐyǔ zhōng yìwéi ' xiōngdì '.

Ndugu means 'brother' in Swahili.

Tips

usage

Phonetic transliteration of 'Ndugu' - Swahili for 'brother/sibling'. 恩 (ēn) renders the leading nasal N-, 杜 (dù) for '-du-', 戈 (gē) for '-gu'. Best known to Chinese audiences as Ndugu Umbo, the Tanzanian foster child written to throughout About Schmidt (《关于施密特》, 2002).

Stroke Order

恩 ēn

杜 dù

戈 gē