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娜

nà / nuó
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 used in transliterating female names

Examples

安娜是我的俄语老师。
Ānnà shì wǒ de Éyǔ lǎoshī.
Anna is my Russian teacher.
这个女孩叫莉娜。
Zhè gè nǚhái jiào Lìnà.
This girl is named Lina.

Tips

usage
Read nà, 娜 is a pure transliteration syllable for foreign women's names: 安娜 (Anna), 黛安娜 (Diana). It carries no independent meaning in this reading.
mistakes
Don't confuse the two readings: nà is the name-syllable reading, while nuó (a separate entry) means 'graceful' and appears in 婀娜 (lithe and graceful).

Components

radical
女 nǚ
woman; female
The woman radical on the left signals that 娜 is used for female personal names, its main everyday function in this reading.
phonetic
那 nà
that
那 (that) provides the sound; it contributes no meaning and serves purely as the phonetic component.

Stroke Order

娜 nà