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维维安

維維安
Wéiwéi'ān
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Meanings

  1. 1 Vivian / Vivien / Vivienne (English/French given name, used for women and occasionally men)

Examples

维维安·李是英国女演员。
Wéiwéi'ān Lǐ shì Yīngguó nǚ yǎnyuán.
Vivien Leigh was a British actress.
她给女儿取名维维安。
Tā gěi nǚ'ér qǔ míng Wéiwéi'ān.
She named her daughter Vivian.

Tips

culture
维维安 is confirmed in CC-CEDICT as the standard transliteration for Vivian / Vivien / Vivienne. Most famous bearers: Vivien Leigh (维维安·李, 1913–1967, the British actress who played Scarlett O'Hara in《乱世佳人》Gone with the Wind), and the punk fashion designer Vivienne Westwood (维维安·韦斯特伍德).
memory
The doubled 维 维 (wéi wéi) cleanly captures the English 'Vi-vi-': repeating a syllable is common when the source name has a near-repeated sound. 安 ān ('-an') closes it with a soft ending.

Stroke Order

维 wéi
安 ān