班娜

Bānnà

proper noun #37,417

Meanings

1 Banna / Bana (foreign female name transliteration)

Characters

class; group (phonetic)

(phonetic for foreign female names)

Examples

HSK 2

她叫班娜，从小在英国长大。

Tā jiào Bānnà, cóngxiǎo zài Yīngguó zhǎngdà.

Her name is Banna; she grew up in the UK.

HSK 6

班娜是这本小说里的公主。

Bānnà shì zhè běn xiǎoshuō lǐ de gōngzhǔ.

Banna is the princess in this novel.

Tips

usage

班娜 transliterates Western female names like Banna, Bana, and occasionally Banya. The 娜 suffix is one of the standard phonetic markers for foreign female names ending in -na/-nah: 安娜 (Anna), 戴安娜 (Diana), 苏珊娜 (Susanna). 班 phonetically picks up the bann- syllable.

Stroke Order

班 bān

娜 nà