泰勒德顿 (Tàilèdédùn) · Tyler Durden (fictional character from…

Meanings

1 Tyler Durden (fictional character from the 1996 novel and 1999 film Fight Club)

About Tyler Durden

文学人物 fictional character

The anarchic soap salesman of Chuck Palahniuk's novel and David Fincher's 1999 film 搏击俱乐部 (Fight Club), played by Brad Pitt, who turns out to be the narrator's other self.

Also called 泰勒·德顿

Characters

泰

tài

peaceful, grand (phonetic 'Tai/Ty')

勒

lè

to rein in (phonetic 'ler')

德

dé

virtue (phonetic 'Dur')

顿

dùn

to pause (phonetic 'den')

Examples

HSK 6

泰勒德顿是《搏击俱乐部》里的人物。

Tàilèdédùn shì 《 Bójī Jùlèbù 》 lǐ de rénwù.

Tyler Durden is a character in Fight Club.

HSK 6

他在电影里扮演泰勒德顿。

Tā zài diànyǐng lǐ bànyǎn Tàilèdédùn.

He plays Tyler Durden in the film.

Tips

usage

Chinese usually writes him with the dot, 泰勒·德顿; the joined form turns up in subtitles that leave it out. 泰勒 is also the standard spelling of 'Taylor', as in 泰勒·斯威夫特 (Taylor Swift), so Tyler and Taylor look the same in Chinese.