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娜

nà / nuó
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 used in transliterating female names

Examples

HSK 7-9
安娜是我的俄语老师。
Ānnà shì wǒ de Éyǔ lǎoshī.
Anna is my Russian teacher.
HSK 7-9
这个女孩叫莉娜。
Zhè gè nǚhái jiào Lìnà.
This girl is named Lina.

Tips

usage
Read nà, 娜 is a pure transliteration syllable for foreign women's names: 安娜 (Anna), 黛安娜 (Diana). It carries no independent meaning in this reading.
mistakes
Don't confuse the two readings: nà is the name-syllable reading, while nuó (a separate entry) means 'graceful' and appears in 婀娜 (lithe and graceful).

Components

radical
女 nǚ
woman; female
The woman radical on the left signals that 娜 is used for female personal names, its main everyday function in this reading.
phonetic
那 nà
that
那 (that) provides the sound; it contributes no meaning and serves purely as the phonetic component.

Stroke Order

娜 nà