爱德华德

愛德華德
Àidéhuádé
proper noun #33,193

Meanings

  1. 1 Edward (extended four-character transliteration)
  2. 2 phonetic rendering of the English given name 'Edward' or surname 'Edwards'

Examples

HSK 1
Tā jiào Àidéhuádé.
He's called Edward.
HSK 7-9
Àidéhuádé shì zhège gùshi de zhǔréngōng.
Edward is the protagonist of this story.

Tips

usage
The standard form for 'Edward' is 爱德华 (Àidéhuá, three characters). 爱德华德 is a four-character variant occasionally used in subtitles to mark the final '-d' or '-ds' of 'Edward(s)' more clearly. The same final echoes the second character - translators reach for it because (dé, virtue) reads neutrally and sounds close to English '-d'.
memory
Read it as Ai-de-hua-de - 'love' () + 'virtue' () + 'splendor' () + 'virtue' () again. Each character is purely phonetic, but the chosen characters all carry positive meanings, which is typical of name transliterations.

Stroke Order

ài
huá