李约翰

李約翰
LǐYuēhàn
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Meanings

  1. 1 John Lee / John Li (a common Chinese-Western combined name; Chinese surname 李 + transliteration 约翰 'John')

Examples

Lǐ Yuēhàn shì huáyì Měiguó yīshēng.
John Lee is a Chinese-American doctor.
Qǐng bǎ zhè fēng xìn jiāo gěi Lǐ Yuēhàn xiānsheng.
Please give this letter to Mr. John Lee.

Tips

culture
This Chinese-surname-plus-Western-given-name pattern ( 'Lee/Li' + 约翰 'John') is typical of overseas Chinese, Hong Kongers, or biblical translations where 约翰 is the standard rendering of 'John'. The order is Chinese-style: surname first.
memory
约翰 (Yuēhàn) for 'John' looks unintuitive to learners — Mandarin doesn't naturally produce 'John' from these characters. The transliteration was fixed via European missionaries using Latin 'Iohannes' / German 'Johann' (yo-hahn), not English 'John', which is why it sticks today.

Stroke Order

yuē
hàn