诺姆

諾姆

Nuòmǔ

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Meanings

1 Norm / Nome (transliteration of an English given name or place name)
2 (also) gnome (mythological creature)

Characters

to promise (used phonetically for 'no-')

(used phonetically for '-m/-me')

Examples

诺姆·乔姆斯基是著名的语言学家。

Nuòmǔ Qiáomǔsījī shì zhùmíng de yǔyánxuéjiā.

Noam Chomsky is a famous linguist.

诺姆是阿拉斯加的一个小城市。

Nuòmǔ shì Ālāsījiā de yí ge xiǎo chéngshì.

Nome is a small city in Alaska.

Tips

usage

Three common referents: (1) English given name "Norm/Noam" — most prominently 诺姆·乔姆斯基 (Noam Chomsky); (2) the Alaskan town of Nome, end-point of the Iditarod sled-dog race; (3) in fantasy translation, "gnome" — though 地精 (dìjīng) is more standard. 诺 (nuò, "to promise") is the workhorse for any "no-/nor-" syllable, 姆 (mǔ) handles "-m/-me" (also in 阿姆斯特朗 Armstrong, 山姆 Sam).

Stroke Order

诺 nuò

姆 mǔ