默特夫

Mòtèfū

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Meanings

1 Motev / Mottef (transliteration of a Russian/Eastern European surname)
2 phonetic rendering used in dubs and translated fiction

Characters

silent; transliterates "Mo"

special; transliterates "t"

man; transliterates Russian "-ev/-ov"

Examples

小说里有个角色叫默特夫。

Xiǎoshuō lǐ yǒu gè juésè jiào Mòtèfū.

There is a character in the novel called Motev.

默特夫先生来自俄罗斯。

Mòtèfū xiānshēng láizì Éluósī.

Mr. Motev is from Russia.

Tips

usage

A subtitle/dub-corpus surname transliteration. The 夫 (fū) suffix is the standard way Chinese renders Russian "-ov / -ev / -off" endings (compare 罗曼诺夫 Romanov, 戈尔巴乔夫 Gorbachev). 默 (mò) supplies the "M-" sound, 特 (tè) the "t" — so the source name reads roughly "Mot-ev/Mott-ef".

Stroke Order

默 mò

特 tè

夫 fū