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Marcus in Chinese
马库斯
mǎ kù sī · traditional 馬庫斯
Marcus is usually written 马库斯 in Chinese, pronounced mǎ kù sī. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Marcus, not for their meaning.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Tone | Meaning | Traditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 马 | mǎ | third (dipping) tone | horse; surname | 馬 |
| 库 | kù | fourth (falling) tone | armory, treasury, storehouse | 庫 |
| 斯 | sī | first (high, level) tone | this, thus, such; to lop off | 斯 |
Readings and meanings come from the Unicode Han Database (Unihan). In a transliterated name, the meanings of the characters are not read as a sentence.
Questions about Marcus in Chinese
How do you write Marcus in Chinese?
Marcus is usually written 马库斯 in Chinese, pronounced mǎ kù sī. It is a transliteration: the characters are chosen to sound like Marcus, not for their meaning.
How do you pronounce 马库斯?
马库斯 is pronounced mǎ kù sī: mǎ in the third (dipping) tone, kù in the fourth (falling) tone and sī in the first (high, level) tone.
How do you write Marcus in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, it is written 馬庫斯.
Is 马库斯 a real Chinese name?
It is the usual way Chinese newspapers and books write the foreign name Marcus, so Chinese readers will recognise it as a foreign name. If you would like a name that looks Chinese, our free generator also suggests names chosen for their meaning.
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