莫伊

Mòyī
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Meanings

  1. 1 Moi (transliteration; most prominently Daniel arap Moi, second president of Kenya 1978-2002)

Examples

Mòyī céngjīng dānrèn Kěnníyà zǒngtǒng.
Moi once served as president of Kenya.
Kěnníyà shǒudū Nèiluóbì yǒu yī suǒ Mòyī Dàxué.
Kenya has Moi University, named after the former president.

Tips

history
Most often refers to Daniel Toroitich arap Moi (1924-2020, 丹尼尔·阿拉·莫伊), Kenya's second president, who held office for 24 years (1978-2002) under one-party rule. Moi University in Eldoret and Nairobi's Moi Avenue are named after him. The same Chinese rendering also covers other African and French-derived 'Moi' names.
usage
Two-syllable transliteration: (mò, 'do not') for the 'Mo-' onset and (yī, 'he/she — literary pronoun') for the '-i' ending. Both characters keep their literal meanings in normal Chinese but are used purely for sound in this name.

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