瑞娃

Ruìwá

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Meanings

1 Reva (transliteration of the Western female name)
2 phonetic rendering of foreign names ending in -reva

Characters

auspicious (transliteration syllable re-)

baby / girl (transliteration syllable -va)

Examples

瑞娃是这部电影的女主角。

Ruìwá shì zhè bù diànyǐng de nǚ zhǔjué.

Reva is the heroine of this film.

瑞娃来自俄罗斯。

Ruìwá láizì Éluósī.

Reva is from Russia.

Tips

culture

瑞 ('auspicious') is a high-frequency 'lucky' character in transliterations (瑞典 Sweden, 瑞士 Switzerland), and 娃 ('baby girl / doll') is reserved for female names. In recent media, 瑞娃 most often translates Reva — e.g. the Inquisitor Reva (Third Sister) in the Star Wars series Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Stroke Order

瑞 ruì

娃 wá