依莱娜

依萊娜

Yīláinà

proper noun #32,193

Meanings

1 Elena / Ilana / Eileena (Chinese transliteration of the Western feminine name Elena and similar)

Characters

to rely on; phonetic 'E-/I-'

a kind of weed; phonetic '-le-/-la-'

graceful; default phonetic '-na' for female names

Examples

依莱娜是俄罗斯人。

Yīláinà shì Éluósīrén.

Elena is Russian.

他和依莱娜结婚了。

Tā hé Yīláinà jiéhūn le.

He married Elena.

Tips

usage

Standard transliteration of female names like Elena, Ilana, Eleyna. The terminal 娜 (nà, 'graceful') is a near-default character for the '-na' ending in foreign female names (compare 安娜 Anna, 朱丽叶娜 Juliana, 戴安娜 Diana).

Stroke Order

依 yī

莱 lái

娜 nà