翠丝

翠絲

Cuìsī

noun #27,522

Meanings

1 Cress (female given name)
2 transliteration of the name 'Tris' or 'Trice'

Characters

jade green; kingfisher

silk; thread; filament

Examples

HSK 7-9

翠丝是电影里的女主角。

Cuìsī shì diànyǐng lǐ de nǚzhǔ jué.

Tris is the female lead of the film.

HSK 7-9

翠丝这个名字在中国听起来很优雅。

Cuìsī zhège míngzi zài Zhōngguó tīngqǐlái hěn yōuyǎ.

The name Cress sounds very elegant in Chinese.

Tips

culture

翠丝 is a phonetic transliteration used for foreign names such as 'Tris' (as in the protagonist of the Divergent series). 翠 means jade green, 丝 means silk - together they evoke something delicate and refined.

In Pop Culture

翠丝·普莱尔 Cuìsī · Pǔ lāi'ěr

Tris Prior - protagonist of the Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth

novel/film series

Stroke Order

翠 cuì

丝 sī