爱德华德

愛德華德
Àidéhuádé
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Meanings

  1. 1 Edward (extended four-character transliteration)
  2. 2 phonetic rendering of the English given name 'Edward' or surname 'Edwards'

Examples

Tā jiào Àidéhuádé.
He's called Edward.
Àidéhuádé shì zhège gùshi de zhǔréngōng.
Edward is the protagonist of this story.

Tips

usage
The standard CC-CEDICT form for 'Edward' is 爱德华 (Àidéhuá, three characters). 爱德华德 is a four-character variant occasionally used in subtitles to mark the final '-d' or '-ds' of 'Edward(s)' more clearly. The same final echoes the second character — translators reach for it because (dé, virtue) reads neutrally and sounds close to English '-d'.
memory
Read it as Ai-de-hua-de — 'love' () + 'virtue' () + 'splendor' () + 'virtue' () again. Each character is purely phonetic, but the chosen characters all carry positive meanings, which is typical of name transliterations.

Stroke Order

ài
huá