帕德美 (Pàdéměi): Padmé (transliteration of the g…

A Mandarin transliteration of 'Padmé' — Anakin Skywalker's wife and Luke and Leia's mother in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (《星球大战》). Mainland subtitles also use 帕德梅 (with 梅 'plum') interchangeably; 帕德美 picks 美 ('beautiful') for a slightly prettier sound-and-meaning fit.

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Sound it out as Pà-dé-měi: 帕 'pa' + 德 'de' + 美 'mei'. The original Sanskrit word पद्म (padma) means 'lotus' — a meaning lost in the phonetic Chinese version.