阿奇里斯

Traditional form:

阿奇里斯

Pinyin (reading):

Aqílǐsī

Definitions:

• Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad

Characters:

• 阿 - an initial particle, a prefix used for names; used in transliterations
• 奇 - strange, unusual, odd; uncanny, occult
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations

Traditional characters:

• 阿 - an initial particle, a prefix used for names; used in transliterations
• 奇 - strange, unusual, odd; uncanny, occult
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations