泰迪·奥多诺万

泰迪·奧多諾萬

TàidíÀoduōnuòwàn

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Meanings

1 Teddy O'Donovan (Irish-style name)
2 transliteration of the given name Teddy plus the Irish surname O'Donovan

Characters

peaceful; extreme

guide; enlighten

interpunct separating foreign given/surname

profound; mysterious; Au-/O-

promise; assent

Examples

泰迪·奥多诺万是爱尔兰裔美国人。

Tàidí Àoduōnuòwàn shì Ài'ěrlán yì Měiguó rén.

Teddy O'Donovan is an Irish-American.

他自我介绍说我叫泰迪·奥多诺万。

Tā zìwǒ jièshào shuō wǒ jiào Tàidí Àoduōnuòwàn.

He introduced himself: 'I'm Teddy O'Donovan.'

Tips

culture

泰迪·奥多诺万 transliterates the Irish-style name Teddy O'Donovan. 泰迪 is the locked-in mapping of 'Teddy' (also Teddy bear = 泰迪熊). 奥多诺万 maps O'Donovan: 奥 'O', 多 'Do', 诺 'no', 万 'van' — the silent apostrophe in 'O'Donovan' is dropped in Chinese, since pinyin can't render the glottal-stop break.

memory

The 奥 character is the Chinese tell for an Irish 'O'-prefixed surname (奥康纳 O'Connor, 奥布莱恩 O'Brien). When you see 奥 + multi-syllable surname, suspect Irish.

Stroke Order

泰 tài

迪 dí

奥 ào

多 duō

诺 nuò

万 wàn