波洛涅斯

Bōluònièsī

proper noun #69,687

Meanings

1 Polonius (character in Shakespeare's Hamlet)
2 father of Ophelia, accidentally killed by Hamlet

Characters

(phonetic - Po)

(phonetic - lo)

(phonetic - ni)

(phonetic - us)

Examples

HSK 5

波洛涅斯对儿子的告别赠言流传至今。

Bōluònièsī duì érzi de gàobié zèng yán liúchuán zhìjīn.

Polonius's farewell advice to his son is still quoted today.

HSK 7-9

波洛涅斯躲在帷幕后偷听被哈姆雷特刺死。

Bōluònièsī duǒ zài wéimù hòu tōutīng bèi Hāmǔléitè cì sǐ.

Polonius was hiding behind the curtain eavesdropping when Hamlet stabbed him to death.

Tips

culture

His parting advice to Laertes - 'To thine own self be true' (对你自己要忠实) - is one of Shakespeare's most quoted lines. In Chinese-translated editions of Hamlet (《哈姆雷特》) the name is also rendered 波洛尼厄斯 or 普隆涅斯; 波洛涅斯 is one of the standard transliterations.

In Pop Culture

哈姆雷特 Hāmǔléitè

Hamlet

Shakespeare's tragedy where Polonius serves as Lord Chamberlain - long-winded counselor, father to Ophelia and Laertes, stabbed through the curtain in Act III.

Stroke Order

波 bō

洛 luò

涅 niè

斯 sī