普里莫

Pǔlǐmò

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Meanings

1 Primo (Italian/Spanish given name meaning 'first' — most notably Italian writer and Auschwitz survivor Primo Levi, 1919–1987)

Characters

general, common (phonetic 'pu')

inside (phonetic 'li')

do not (phonetic 'mo')

Examples

普里莫·莱维写过《活在奥斯维辛》。

Pǔlǐmò·Láiwéi xiěguò 《Huó zài Àosīwéixīn》.

Primo Levi wrote If This Is a Man (lit. 'Living in Auschwitz').

意大利作家普里莫的作品很有深度。

Yìdàlì zuòjiā Pǔlǐmò de zuòpǐn hěn yǒu shēndù.

The Italian writer Primo's works are very profound.

Tips

culture

Mandarin transliteration of 'Primo' — most often the Italian writer Primo Levi (普里莫·莱维), chemist and Holocaust survivor whose memoir 《如果这是一个人》 (Se questo è un uomo / If This Is a Man) is a classic of 20th-century literature. The name itself is Italian/Spanish for 'first.'

memory

Sound it out: pǔ ('common') + lǐ ('inside') + mò ('do not'). Pure phonetic — no semantic content in the Chinese.

Stroke Order

普 pǔ

里 lǐ

莫 mò