雨果

Mandarin · pinyin Yǔ guǒ

Meanings

  1. Hugo (name)
  2. Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French writer
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雨
yǔ · rain; rainy; Kangxi radical 173
果
guǒ · fruit; result
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3–3 · Yu3 guo3

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name

  1. a transliteration of the French male given name and surname Hugo, most famously the French writer Victor Hugo
  2. a transliteration of the English, Dutch, German, Luxembourgish, Italian, or Portuguese male given name Hugo
  3. a transliteration of the English, Dutch, German, Luxembourgish, Italian, or Portuguese male given name Hugo — Hugo Gernsback (1884–1967), a Luxembourgish American novelist after whom the Hugos was named

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