祖舒华

祖舒華

Zǔshūhuá

proper noun #33,322

Meanings

1 Joshua (Hong Kong / Cantonese-style transliteration of the male given name)

Characters

ancestor (used phonetically)

to stretch; relaxed (used phonetically)

splendid; China (used phonetically)

Examples

HSK 2

祖舒华是个常见的英文名字。

Zǔshūhuá shì ge chángjiàn de Yīngwén míngzi.

Joshua is a common English name.

HSK 2

他给儿子起了个英文名叫祖舒华。

Tā gěi érzi qǐ le ge Yīngwén míng jiào Zǔshūhuá.

He gave his son the English name Joshua.

Tips

usage

祖舒华 is the Hong Kong/Cantonese-flavored transliteration of 'Joshua' - read in Cantonese (zou² syu¹ waa⁴) the syllables track the English much more closely than in Mandarin. The Mainland Mandarin version is usually 约书亚.

Stroke Order

祖 zǔ

舒 shū

华 huá