默西迪丝 (Mòxīdísī): Mercedes (Western female given…

Meanings

1 Mercedes (Western female given name; in Chinese, also a literary transliteration of the name — most famously Mercédès, the heroine of Alexandre Dumas's《基督山伯爵》(The Count of Monte Cristo))

Characters

默

mò

silent (used phonetically: 'mer/mo')

西

xī

west (used phonetically: 'ce/se')

迪

dí

to enlighten (used phonetically: 'de/di')

丝

sī

silk thread (used phonetically: '-s')

Examples

默西迪丝是基督山伯爵年轻时的恋人。

Mòxīdísī shì Jīdūshān Bójué niánqīng shí de liànrén.

Mercédès was the Count of Monte Cristo's lover when he was young.

她给女儿取名叫默西迪丝。

Tā gěi nǚ'ér qǔmíng jiào Mòxīdísī.

She named her daughter Mercedes.

Tips

culture

Four-syllable transliteration of 'Mercedes' (Mer-ce-de-s → Mò-xī-dí-sī). The standout literary bearer is Mercédès in《基督山伯爵》(The Count of Monte Cristo) by Dumas — Edmond Dantès's fiancée, who marries his rival when he's imprisoned. The Mercedes-Benz car brand is usually written 梅赛德斯 (Méisàidésī) instead, so seeing 默西迪丝 in a sentence almost always means a person.