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华伦太

華倫太
Huálúntài
proper noun #33,640

Meanings

  1. 1 Valentine / Valentin (older / Cantonese-flavored phonetic transliteration of the Western given name)
  2. 2 phonetic rendering of names like Valentino, Valentine

Examples

HSK 6
华伦太是这部电影的男主角。
Huálúntài shì zhèbù diànyǐng de nánzhǔjué.
Valentine is the male lead of this film.
HSK 7-9
华伦太节也叫情人节。
Huálúntài jié yě jiào Qíngrénjié.
Valentine's Day is also called the Lovers' Festival.

Tips

usage
华伦太 is an older or Hong-Kong-style transliteration of "Valentine" / "Valentin". The standard mainland rendering today is 瓦伦丁 (Wǎlúndīng) for Valentine and 瓦伦蒂诺 (Wǎlúndìnuò) for Valentino. You'll meet 华伦太 in older subtitles (1970s-90s Cantonese cinema) or in religious texts referring to Saint Valentine. Note 太 here is purely phonetic - it does NOT mean "too" or "wife".
memory
Four characters: 华 (huá, "splendor") + 伦 (lún, "order") + 太 (tài) - picking up "Va-len-tine" across the W+H, L, and T- consonants. The same 华 opens many Western-name transliterations: 华盛顿 (Washington), 华纳 (Warner).

Stroke Order

华 huá
伦 lún
太 tài