查尔斯·狄更斯

Traditional form:

查爾斯·狄更斯

Pinyin (reading):

Chá'ěrsī· Dígēngsī

Definitions:

• Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist

Characters:

• 查 - to investigate, to examine, to look into
• 尔 - you; that, those; final particle
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 狄 - barbarians; a tribe from northern China; surname
• 更 - more, further; to shift, to alternate; to modify
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations

Traditional characters:

• 查 - to investigate, to examine, to look into
• 爾 - you; that, those; final particle
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 狄 - barbarians; a tribe from northern China; surname
• 更 - more, further; to shift, to alternate; to modify
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations