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瓦伦汀

瓦倫汀
Wǎlúntīng
proper noun #32,606

Meanings

  1. 1 Valentine / Valentin (Western given name or surname)
  2. 2 Saint Valentine (Christian martyr, namesake of Valentine's Day)

About Saint Valentine

宗教人物 religious figure

Christian priest martyred in Rome in the third century, whose feast day, 14 February, became Valentine's Day, 情人节 in Chinese. Little is known about his life.

Also called  圣瓦伦丁

Examples

HSK 6
瓦伦汀是这部电影男主角的名字。
Wǎlúntīng shì zhè bù diànyǐng nánzhǔjué de míngzi.
Valentine is the name of the male lead in this film.
HSK 7-9
圣瓦伦汀节就是我们说的情人节。
Shèng Wǎlúntīng Jié jiùshì wǒmen shuō de Qíngrénjié.
Saint Valentine's Day is what we call Lovers' Day in Chinese.

Tips

memory
瓦 'wa' + 伦 'lun/len' + 汀 'ting/tin' = 'Va-len-tin'. 瓦 is the standard Chinese character for foreign 'Va-' starts (compare 瓦尔特 Walter, 瓦格纳 Wagner). The English-friendly 'Valentine' is more often rendered 瓦伦丁 (with 丁 ending) - 瓦伦汀 with 汀 is a less common but valid variant; both refer to the same name.
culture
China has its own lovers' days besides 14 February: 七夕, the seventh night of the seventh lunar month, when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet, and 20 May, because 520 (wǔ èr líng) sounds like 我爱你 'I love you'.

Stroke Order

瓦 wǎ
伦 lún
汀 tīng