希拉克

Traditional form:

希拉克

Pinyin (reading):

Xīlākè

Definitions:

• Jacques Chirac (1932-2019), president of France 1995-2007

Characters:

• 希 - rare; to hope for, to strive for; to expect
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations

Traditional characters:

• 希 - rare; to hope for, to strive for; to expect
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations