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阿德里安

Ādélǐ'ān
proper noun #33,664

Meanings

  1. 1 Adrian / Adrien (Western given name)
  2. 2 Adriane / Adriana (less common feminine variant)
  3. 3 phonetic transliteration of names like Adrian, Adrien, Adriano

Examples

阿德里安是法国队的中场。
Ādélǐ'ān shì Fǎguó duì de zhōngchǎng.
Adrian is a midfielder on the French team.
阿德里安·布劳迪获得了奥斯卡奖。
Ādélǐ'ān · Bù láo dí huòdé le Àosīkǎjiǎng.
Adrien Brody won an Oscar.
她给儿子取名阿德里安。
Tā gěi érzi qǔmíng Ādélǐ'ān.
She named her son Adrian.

Tips

culture
The name 'Adrian' comes from Latin 'Hadrianus' — the Roman emperor Hadrian (哈德良) who built Hadrian's Wall in northern Britain. Famous bearers in Chinese-language media: actor Adrien Brody (阿德里安·布劳迪, The Pianist, 2002 Oscar), French national-team midfielder Adrien Rabiot, and Rocky Balboa's wife Adrian (阿德里安) — source of Sylvester Stallone's iconic 'Yo, Adrian!' shout.
memory
Four characters: 阿 (the foreign-name prefix) + 德 (-d-) + 里 (-ri-) + 安 (-an). The same 阿X里安 pattern appears in many similar names — once you spot 阿_里安, you can guess a -rian or -lian ending.

Stroke Order

阿 ā
德 dé
里 lǐ
安 ān