巴尔扎克

Traditional form:

巴爾扎克

Pinyin (reading):

Bā'ěrzhākè

Definitions:

• Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), French novelist, author of series La comédie humaine

Characters:

• 巴 - to desire, to wish for
• 尔 - you; that, those; final particle
• 扎 - to bind, to wrap; to pierce; to stop
• 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations

Traditional characters:

• 巴 - to desire, to wish for
• 爾 - you; that, those; final particle
• 扎 - to bind, to wrap; to pierce; to stop
• 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations