瓦汀

Wǎtīng
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Meanings

  1. 1 Vatin / Wadin / Watten (transliteration of a Western name; appears as a surname or place name in dubbed novels and games)

Examples

Wǎtīng xiānshēng shì zhè jiā gōngsī de chuàngshǐrén.
Mr. Vatin is the founder of this company.
Gùshi de zhǔjué míngjiào Wǎtīng.
The protagonist of the story is named Vatin.

Tips

usage
瓦汀 is a generic two-syllable transliteration that surfaces in translated fiction for several similar-sounding Western names (Vatin, Wadin, Watten). The character is heavily used to render foreign 'wa/va' sounds (瓦特 Watt, 西亚 Valencia).
memory
(wǎ) + (tīng) ≈ 'wa-ting' → Vatin. originally means 'a small sandbar at the water's edge' — a rare poetic character that finds new life as a phonetic in foreign-name renderings.

Stroke Order

tīng