杨娟 (Yángjuān): Yang Juan (common Chinese female name)

Meanings

1 Yang Juan (common Chinese female name)

Characters

杨

Yáng

Yang (surname); poplar

娟

juān

graceful, beautiful

Examples

杨娟是我们医院的护士长。

Yángjuān shì wǒmen yīyuàn de hùshìzhǎng.

Yang Juan is the head nurse at our hospital.

杨娟老师的女儿考上了清华大学。

Yángjuān lǎoshī de nǚ'ér kǎoshàng le Qīnghuá Dàxué.

Teacher Yang Juan's daughter got into Tsinghua University.

Tips

culture

娟 (juān, 'graceful, pretty') shares the 女 (woman) radical and is used almost exclusively in female given names, similar to 婷 and 娜. Extremely common across generations.

Stroke Order

杨 yáng

娟 juān

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