林家翹

林家翘
Lín Jiāqiáo
Lin Chia-Chiao (1916-2013), Chinese-American physicist, astronomer and applied mathematician

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 林 Lín
  1. surname Lin
  2. Japanese surname Hayashi
=2 家 jiā used in 傢伙 jiāhuo and 傢俱 jiājù
=2 家 jiā
  1. home
  2. family
  3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  4. classifier for families or businesses
  5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian

classifier: 個
=2 家 jie only used in 大家 (dàgū)
3 翹 qiáo
  1. outstanding
  2. to raise