路易斯
Lùyìsī
路易斯 (Lùyìsī) is the Chinese way to say the male given name Luis.
How do you pronounce it?
Lùyìsī
Did you know?
- While 路易斯 is used for the name 'Luis', the French version 'Louis' is often written as 路易, dropping the final 's' sound entirely.
- The character 斯 in 路易斯 is a common 'placeholder' character used in many transliterated Western names ending in 's', such as 'James' or 'Charles'.
- The character 斯 (sī) is a 'loan character' frequently used in transliterating foreign names and is rarely used in standard, native Chinese words.
Examples in context
- 在死球期间，路易斯跑向球，一脚踢上去。When the ball was dead, Luis ran up to the ball and booted it.This sentence is useful for seeing how to use 路易斯 in a sentence.Tatoeba #3579614 by trieuho, translation #3579615 by trieuho
- 我叫雷思My name is Luis
- 路易斯是个好人。Lùyìsī shì gè hǎorén.Luis is a good person.
- 我认识路易斯。Wǒ rènshi Lùyìsī.I know Luis.
Example conversation
浩然 and 晓雯 are talking about a new coworker.
- 浩然 Haoran晓雯，你见过路易斯吗？Xiǎowén, nǐ jiànguò Lùyìsī ma?Xiaowen, have you met Luis?
- 晓雯 Xiaowen我还没见过他。Wǒ hái méi jiànguò tā.I haven't met him yet.
- 浩然 Haoran路易斯今天会来上班。Lùyìsī jīntiān huì lái shàngbān.Luis will come to work today.
- 晓雯 Xiaowen那太好了。Nà tài hǎole.That's great.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
