巴爾扎克

简 巴尔扎克 · 繁 巴爾扎克
Mandarin · pinyin Bā ěr zhā kè

Meanings

  1. Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), French novelist, author of series La comédie humaine
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巴
bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
爾
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扎
zhā · pull up; pierce; struggle free
克
kè · gram; overcome; transliteration
尔
ěr · you; that, those; final particle
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1–3–1–4 · Ba1 er3 zha1 ke4

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baa1 ji5 zaat3 hak1

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name

  1. a transliteration of the French surname Balzac
  2. a transliteration of the French surname Balzac — Honoré de Balzac, French writer

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Exact source record巴爾扎克 巴尔扎克 [Ba1 er3 zha1 ke4] /Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), French novelist, author of series La comédie humaine/