transliteration
Example Sentences
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But the current Draco obsession stems from the transliteration of his surname, "Ma Er Fu", which contains the Chinese characters for "horse" and "good fortune" -- an auspicious omen for the year ahead.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
The dog has the American name “Decoy” and a Japanese name, “Dekopin” or “Decopin” depending on the transliteration.
From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2023
However, most of the time his uniform still sports the Chinese transliteration, and Chinese-speaking broadcasters announce him using tonal Mandarin and soft Gs, rather than the hard Gs of the Indigenous tongue.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2023
As to Kiev and Kyiv, that’s simpler: Kyiv is the appropriate transliteration of the Ukrainian name of the country’s capital, whereas Kiev is the name of the city in Russian.
From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2022
The transliteration of a cartouche of Ptolemy from the Rosetta stone and one of Cleopatra from the Philae obelisk.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Words with 15 or More Letters, List 3
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