Francisco in Chinese

The standard Chinese transliteration of Francisco is 弗朗西斯科, pronounced Fúlǎngxīsīkē. Hear it below, see what each character means, then try saying it yourself.

弗朗西斯科

Fúlǎngxīsīkē

Character by character

T2

not (classical)

lǎngT3

bright; clear

西
T1

west

T1

this; thus (classical)

T1

branch of study; science

About this transliteration

Secular Franciscos get five characters, but Pope Francis uses the Catholic form 方济各.

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