玛德琳

瑪德琳

Mǎdélín

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Meanings

1 Madeleine (transliterated female given name)
2 madeleine (small French shell-shaped sponge cake)

Characters

(phonetic 'ma', often used for foreign names with jade radical)

virtue (phonetic 'de')

fine jade (phonetic 'leine/lin')

Examples

玛德琳是个法国名字。

Mǎdélín shì gè Fǎguó míngzì.

Madeleine is a French name.

她在咖啡馆点了一块玛德琳蛋糕。

Tā zài kāfēiguǎn diǎnle yī kuài Mǎdélín dàngāo.

She ordered a madeleine at the cafe.

Tips

culture

Two distinct meanings, both from French: (1) the female name Madeleine (Mary Magdalene → Madeleine), borne by US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (玛德琳·奥尔布赖特); (2) the small shell-shaped sponge cake immortalized in Proust's 《追忆似水年华》 (In Search of Lost Time), where one bite triggers the famous involuntary memory.

Stroke Order

玛 mǎ

德 dé

琳 lín