霍克斯

Huòkèsī
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Meanings

  1. 1 Hawkes / Hawks (Western surname; notably David Hawkes, the British sinologist who translated The Story of the Stone)

Examples

Huòkèsī bǎ 《Hónglóu Mèng》 fānyì chéng le Yīngwén.
Hawkes translated Dream of the Red Chamber into English.
Tā xìng Huòkèsī.
Her surname is Hawkes.

Tips

culture
霍克斯 most famously denotes David Hawkes (1923-2009), the British sinologist whose English translation of 《红楼梦》 (Dream of the Red Chamber / The Story of the Stone) is considered a landmark in Chinese-English literary translation. The same characters render the surname Hawks (e.g., film director Howard Hawks, 霍华德·霍克斯).

Stroke Order

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