利玛窦

Traditional form:

利瑪竇

Pinyin (reading):

Lì Mǎdòu

Definitions:

• Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China

Characters:

• 利 - gains, advantage, profit, merit
• 玛 - agate, cornelian
• 窦 - sinuses; corrupt; surname

Traditional characters:

• 利 - gains, advantage, profit, merit
• 瑪 - agate, cornelian
• 竇 - sinuses; corrupt; surname