米尔顿

米爾頓

Mǐ'ěrdùn

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Meanings

1 Milton (English given name and surname)
2 John Milton (1608-1674), English poet, author of Paradise Lost (《失乐园》)

Characters

rice (phonetic 'mi')

you (literary, phonetic 'l/r')

to pause (phonetic '-ton')

Examples

米尔顿的《失乐园》是英国文学的经典之作。

Mǐ'ěrdùn de 'Shī Lèyuán' shì Yīngguó wénxué de jīngdiǎn zhī zuò.

Milton's Paradise Lost is a classic of English literature.

米尔顿·弗里德曼是著名的经济学家。

Mǐ'ěrdùn Fúlǐdémàn shì zhùmíng de jīngjì xuéjiā.

Milton Friedman was a famous economist.

Tips

culture

The most prominent bearer is John Milton (约翰·米尔顿, 1608-1674), the blind English Puritan poet who dictated 《失乐园》(Paradise Lost) — his epic on Satan's rebellion and the fall of humanity. In 20th-century context, 米尔顿 also commonly refers to economist Milton Friedman (米尔顿·弗里德曼).

memory

米 'mi' + 尔 'l' + 顿 '-tun/ton' = 'Mil-ton'. 顿 is the standard Chinese character for closing English '-ton' place names: 华盛顿 Washington, 波士顿 Boston, 牛顿 Newton, 伊顿 Eton.

Stroke Order

米 mǐ

尔 ěr

顿 dùn