范德格拉夫

Traditional form:

范德格拉夫

Pinyin (reading):

Fàndégélāfū

Definitions:

• Van de Graaff (name)
• Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901-1967), American physicist

Characters:

• 范 - pattern, model, example; surname
• 德 - ethics, morality; compassion, kindness
• 格 - form, pattern, standard
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 夫 - man, husband; worker; those

Traditional characters:

• 范 - pattern, model, example; surname
• 德 - ethics, morality; compassion, kindness
• 格 - form, pattern, standard
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 夫 - man, husband; worker; those