葛利

Gélì

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Meanings

1 Gleeie / Greer / Gary (transliterated foreign given name)
2 a generic transliteration of two-syllable Western names beginning with 'Gr-' or 'Ga-'

Characters

phonetic 'ly/ree'; lit. sharp

Examples

葛利是这部小说里的一个配角。

Gélì shì zhè bù xiǎoshuō lǐ de yí ge pèijué.

Greer is a supporting character in this novel.

葛利先生来自英国。

Gélì xiānsheng láizì Yīngguó.

Mr. Gleeie / Greer comes from the UK.

Tips

usage

葛利 is built from two surname-friendly characters — 葛 is itself a Chinese surname (e.g. 诸葛亮 Zhuge Liang) and 利 is also a surname plus a high-frequency character meaning 'sharp / profit'. The pair is most often seen transliterating shorter Western names like Greer or Gary in older translations.

Stroke Order

葛 gé

利 lì