丁丁 (Dīngdīng) · Tintin (Belgian comic-book reporter created…

Meanings

1 Tintin (Belgian comic-book reporter created by Hergé)
2 (also a common Chinese nickname/affectionate name)

About Tintin

文学人物 fictional character

The young Belgian reporter with a quiff and a white dog, Snowy, hero of Hergé's comic albums 丁丁历险记 (The Adventures of Tintin). One album, 蓝莲花 (The Blue Lotus), is set in 1930s Shanghai.

Characters

丁

dīng

fourth (heavenly stem); strong

Examples

HSK 3

我小时候很喜欢看《丁丁历险记》。

Wǒ xiǎoshíhou hěn xǐhuan kàn 《 Dīngdīng Lìxiǎn Jì 》.

When I was little I loved reading The Adventures of Tintin.

HSK 6

丁丁是比利时最有名的漫画人物。

Dīngdīng shì Bǐlìshí zuì yǒumíng de mànhuà rénwù.

Tintin is Belgium's most famous comic-book character.

Tips

culture

His dog Snowy goes by two Chinese names: 白雪 'white snow', from the English, and 米卢, from the French Milou. Chang, Tintin's friend in The Blue Lotus, is based on 张充仁, a Chinese art student in Brussels who taught 埃尔热 (Hergé) about China.