克里斯

Traditional: 克里斯

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Translation

Chris (given name)

Word origin

A phonetic transliteration of the English name Chris, with three characters chosen to match the foreign syllables.

Origin
loan
Root
克 (kè) + 里 (lǐ) + 斯 (sī)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 克

Stroke order for 里

Stroke order for 斯

Examples

Chris is a very friendly person.

Chris works at a company.

I ran into Chris yesterday.

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Chris can speak three languages.

This is the gift Chris gave me.

克里斯 (kè lǐ sī) is the standard Mandarin transliteration of the English name Chris. The characters render the sound only and carry no related meaning.

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This word is part of lesson 37.