赫克托
Hèkètuǒ
赫克托 (Hèkètuǒ) is the Chinese transliteration for the name Hector, the legendary prince of Troy in Greek mythology.
Which one should you use?
While 赫克托 is the default form, you may encounter other transliterations such as 赫克托尔 or 何克特.
How do you pronounce it?
Hèkètuǒ
Did you know?
- If you were to search for the character 赫 in a Chinese dictionary, you would find it means 'grand' or 'illustrious', which coincidentally fits the heroic nature of the Trojan prince.
- Because 'Hector' is a foreign name, Chinese translators often use different characters to represent the same sound, meaning the spelling you see depends entirely on which publishing house translated the text.
- Because Chinese does not have a native equivalent for the 'ct' sound in 'Hector', it must break the sound into two distinct syllables 克 and 托.
Example conversation
Two students are discussing a Greek mythology assignment in the library.
- 晓雯 Xiaowen浩然，你知道赫克托是谁吗？Hàorán, nǐ zhīdào Hèkètuō shì shéi ma?Haoran, do you know who Hector is?
- 浩然 Haoran他是特洛伊最强大的将领。Tā shì Tèluòyī zuì qiángdà de jiànglǐng.He is the most powerful general of Troy.
- 晓雯 Xiaowen他在故事里的结局很悲惨。Tā zài gùshì lǐ de jiéjú hěn bēicǎn.His end in the story is very tragic.
- 浩然 Haoran是的，但他的勇气令人钦佩。Shì de, dàn tā de yǒngqì lìngrén qīnpèi.Yes, but his courage is admirable.
