豪瑟 (Háosè): Hauser / Houser (transliteratio…

Meanings

1 Hauser / Houser (transliteration of the German/English surname)

Characters

豪

háo

grand; heroic (sound: Hau-)

瑟

sè

ancient zither (sound: -ser)

Examples

豪瑟是常见的德国姓氏。

Háosè shì chángjiàn de Déguó xìngshì.

Hauser is a common German surname.

卡斯帕·豪瑟是十九世纪德国的神秘人物。

Kǎsīpà Háosè shì shíjiǔ shìjì Déguó de shénmì rénwù.

Kaspar Hauser was a mysterious figure in 19th-century Germany.

Tips

culture

豪瑟 transliterates the German surname Hauser (and English Houser). Notable bearer: 卡斯帕·豪瑟 (Kaspar Hauser, c.1812-1833), a German youth who appeared in Nuremberg claiming to have grown up in total isolation — subject of Werner Herzog's film 《卡斯帕尔·豪泽尔之谜》 (The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, 1974).

usage

Sound mapping: 豪 (háo) for "Hou-/Hau-", 瑟 (sè) for "-ser". 瑟 (a kind of zither) is a stock phonetic for the English "-ser" syllable.