普拉格

Pǔlāgé

proper noun #36,223

Meanings

1 Prag / Plagg / Prager (foreign-name transliteration)
2 occasional rendering of 'Prague' alternative to the standard 布拉格 (Bùlāgé)

Characters

general (transliteration: P-)

to pull (transliteration: -ra-)

pattern (transliteration: -g)

Examples

HSK 7-9

这位德国教授的姓氏是普拉格。

Zhèwèi Déguó jiàoshòu de xìngshì shì Pǔlāgé.

This German professor's surname is Prager.

HSK 7-9

动画片里的小猫精灵叫普拉格。

Dònghuàpiàn lǐ de xiǎo māo jīnglíng jiào Pǔlāgé.

The little cat spirit in the cartoon is named Plagg.

Tips

usage

A non-standard transliteration. The Czech capital Prague is conventionally rendered 布拉格 in PRC writing, so when you see 普拉格 it's almost always a personal name (Pragg/Prager/Plagg) rather than the city. Sound-by-sound: 普 ('general') = 'Pra-', 拉 ('to pull') = '-la-', 格 ('pattern') = '-g'.

mistakes

Don't confuse with 布拉格 ('Prague') - the first character is different even though the rest of the name is identical. 普 ('general/wide') vs 布 ('cloth').

Stroke Order

普 pǔ

拉 lā

格 gé