里弗斯 (Lǐfúsī): Rivers — Western surname; phone…

Meanings

1 Rivers — Western surname; phonetic transliteration. Famous bearers: NBA coach Doc Rivers (道克·里弗斯), comedian Joan Rivers (琼·里弗斯), and NFL QB Philip Rivers

Characters

里

this (phonetic suffix)

Examples

道克·里弗斯是著名的NBA教练。

Dàokè Lǐfúsī shì zhùmíng de NBA jiàoliàn.

Doc Rivers is a famous NBA coach.

琼·里弗斯是美国脱口秀女王。

Qióng Lǐfúsī shì Měiguó tuōkǒuxiù nǚwáng.

Joan Rivers was the queen of American stand-up.

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usage

里 (lǐ 'inside') + 弗 (fú 'not,' phonetic) + 斯 (sī, generic phonetic suffix) — standard rendering of 'Rivers.' Note the contrast with the geographic 河流 (héliú, 'river' the noun): 里弗斯 is purely a personal-name transliteration.