斯摩尔斯

斯摩爾斯

Sīmó'ěrsī

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Meanings

1 Smalls (English surname); also commonly the Chinese rendering of 'The Smurfs' (more usually 蓝精灵) or characters named Smalls/Smollett in subtitles

Characters

this (used phonetically for 'S-')

to rub (used phonetically for '-m-')

you (literary; used phonetically for '-l-')

this (used phonetically for '-s')

Examples

斯摩尔斯先生是个律师。

Sīmó'ěrsī xiānsheng shì ge lǜshī.

Mr. Smalls is a lawyer.

电影里那个新来的小孩叫斯摩尔斯。

Diànyǐng lǐ nàge xīn lái de xiǎohái jiào Sīmó'ěrsī.

The new kid in the movie is called Smalls.

Tips

usage

Four-character syllable-by-syllable rendering: 斯 (sī) for 'S-', 摩 (mó) for '-mo-', 尔 (ěr) for '-r-/-l-', 斯 (sī) for the final '-s'. Likely the new-kid protagonist 'Smalls' from the 1993 baseball film 《重返球场》 (The Sandlot), where 'You're killing me, Smalls!' became iconic.

Stroke Order

斯 sī

摩 mó

尔 ěr