镇宇

鎮宇
Zhènyǔ
proper noun #33,861

Meanings

  1. 1 Zhenyu (common Chinese given name)
  2. 2 Chen-yu (Taiwanese spelling, e.g. Chen-yu Chen of Mayday - drummer 冠佑 stage name)

Examples

HSK 1
Wǒ gēge jiào Zhènyǔ.
My older brother is called Zhenyu.
HSK 7-9
Tā gěi háizi qǔmíng Zhènyǔ, xīwàng tā zhènshǒu qiánkūn.
He named his child Zhenyu, hoping he would 'guard the cosmos'.

Tips

culture
A masculine given name combining (to command/garrison) and (cosmos/sky). The aspirational reading is 'one who commands the heavens'. Among bearers in subtitle data, the most common reference is the actor 镇宇 (Wong Tsan-Yu) and similarly named Hong Kong/Taiwan film characters.
usage
Both characters are everyday, so out of context 镇宇 could also mean 'to garrison the realm' in classical-flavored writing - context (a person introduction vs. a literary line) tells you which reading is meant.

Stroke Order

zhèn