卡特琳娜 (Kǎtèlínnà): Catalina / Katarina / Katerina…

Meanings

1 Catalina / Katarina / Katerina (female given name)
2 phonetic transliteration used for various Western women named Catalina, Katarina, or Catherine variants

Characters

卡

kǎ

to block / phonetic 'ka'

特

tè

special / phonetic 'te'

phonetic 'na' (used in female names)

Examples

她叫卡特琳娜。

Tā jiào Kǎtèlínnà.

Her name is Catalina.

卡特琳娜是一个常见的女子名字。

Kǎtèlínnà shì yīgè chángjiàn de nǚzǐ míngzì.

Catalina is a common woman's name.

Tips

culture

Standard Chinese transliteration of Catalina / Katarina (sometimes Catherine variants). 卡 (kǎ) carries the 'ka' sound, 特 (tè) the 'te', 琳 (lín) the 'lin' (also chosen because it means 'gem'), and 娜 (nà) is a stock female-name suffix. The final 娜 signals 'this is a woman's name' to Chinese readers.