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艾奎

Àikuí
proper noun #32,236

Meanings

  1. 1 Aquino (Philippine surname); commonly refers to Benigno 'Ninoy' Aquino Jr. or his son Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III, Philippine presidents/political figures (also rendered 阿基诺)
  2. 2 phonetic transliteration of foreign personal names beginning with 'Aqu-' or 'A-kui-'

Examples

HSK 5
电影里的角色叫艾奎，是一位律师。
Diànyǐng lǐ de juésè jiào Àikuí, shì yí wèi lǜshī.
The character in the movie is called Aikui, a lawyer.
HSK 7-9
字幕把这位菲律宾政治家译作"艾奎"。
Zìmù bǎ zhè wèi Fēilǜbīn zhèngzhìjiā yì zuò " Àikuí ".
The subtitles rendered this Philippine politician's name as 'Aikui' (Aquino).

Tips

usage
Phonetic transliteration: 艾 approximates 'A' and 奎 approximates 'qui' / 'kwi'. The standard PRC rendering of 'Aquino' is 阿基诺 - 艾奎 is an alternate, often subtitle-corpus, choice. Treat as a name; in conversation specify which Aquino (politician, character, etc.) to disambiguate.

Stroke Order

艾 ài
奎 kuí