屠格涅夫

Mandarin · pinyin Tú gé niè fū

Meanings

  1. Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883), Russian novelist
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屠
tú · butcher, slaughter, massacre
格
gé · pattern, standard, form; style
涅
niè · blacken; black mud, slime
夫
fū · man, male adult, husband; those
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2–2–4–1 · Tu2 ge2 nie4 fu1

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tou4 gaak3 nip6 fu1

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name

  1. a transliteration of the Russian surname Тургенев (Turgenev), Turgenev

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