利 |
Lì Mǎ dòu | Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China |
利 |
Lì | surname Li |
利 |
lì | sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit |
玛 |
mǎ | agate; cornelian |
玛 |
Mǎ dòu | Matthew / St Matthew the evangelist / less common variant of 马太 (preferred by the Catholic Church) |
窦 |
Dòu | surname Dou |
窦 |
dòu | (literary) hole; aperture / (anatomy) cavity; sinus |