德古拉 (Dégǔlā) · Dracula (Bram Stoker's 1897 novel and its…

Meanings

1 Dracula (Bram Stoker's 1897 novel and its vampire title character)
2 Vlad III of Wallachia (the historical figure, 1431-1476)

About Count Dracula

文学人物 fictional character

The vampire count from Transylvania in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, who sleeps in a coffin by day and drinks human blood by night; the model for most vampires since. Stoker took the name from Vlad III of Wallachia.

Also called 德古拉伯爵

Characters

德

dé

virtue (transliteration character for 'D')

古

gǔ

ancient (transliteration character for '-u-')

拉

lā

to pull (transliteration character for '-la')

Examples

HSK 7-9

《德古拉》是一本经典的吸血鬼小说。

《 Dégǔlā 》 shì yīběn jīngdiǎn de xīxuèguǐ xiǎoshuō.

Dracula is a classic vampire novel.

HSK 7-9

德古拉伯爵住在特兰西瓦尼亚。

Dégǔlā bójué zhù zài Tè lánxī wǎníyà.

Count Dracula lives in Transylvania.

Tips

culture

Chinese calls the real Vlad III 穿刺公, 'the Impaler Prince'; his name Dracula meant 'son of Dracul', his father's title from the Order of the Dragon. A vampire in general is a 吸血鬼, 'blood-sucking ghost'.

memory

德 (dé, 'virtue') + 古 (gǔ, 'ancient') + 拉 (lā, 'pull') - the three characters are all standard transliteration syllables. Read aloud as Dé-gǔ-lā, you can hear 'Drac-u-la' clearly.