布坦 (Bùtǎn): Butan / Bhutan (older or altern…

Meanings

1 Butan / Bhutan (older or alternate transliteration; the standard form today is 不丹 Bùdān)
2 phonetic transliteration used for short Western names like "Butan"

Characters

布

bù

cloth (phonetic 'bu')

坦

tǎn

level; calm (phonetic 'tan')

Examples

字幕里把那个角色译成了布坦。

Zìmù lǐ bǎ nàge juésè yì chéng le Bùtǎn.

The subtitles translated that character's name as Butan.

布坦先生坐在第二排。

Bùtǎn xiānsheng zuò zài dì-èr pái.

Mr. Butan is sitting in the second row.

Tips

usage

Phonetic only: 布 (bù) ≈ "bu" + 坦 (tǎn) ≈ "tan". For the country Bhutan, modern Chinese uses 不丹 (Bùdān), not 布坦 — so 布坦 in subtitles is almost always a person's name.