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瓦伦汀

瓦倫汀
Wǎlúntīng
proper noun #32,606

Meanings

  1. 1 Valentine / Valentin (Western given name or surname)
  2. 2 Saint Valentine (Christian martyr, namesake of Valentine's Day)

Examples

HSK 6
瓦伦汀是这部电影男主角的名字。
Wǎlúntīng shì zhè bù diànyǐng nánzhǔjué de míngzi.
Valentine is the name of the male lead in this film.
HSK 7-9
圣瓦伦汀节就是我们说的情人节。
Shèng Wǎlúntīng Jié jiùshì wǒmen shuō de Qíngrénjié.
Saint Valentine's Day is what we call Lovers' Day in Chinese.

Tips

memory
瓦 'wa' + 伦 'lun/len' + 汀 'ting/tin' = 'Va-len-tin'. 瓦 is the standard Chinese character for foreign 'Va-' starts (compare 瓦尔特 Walter, 瓦格纳 Wagner). The English-friendly 'Valentine' is more often rendered 瓦伦丁 (with 丁 ending) - 瓦伦汀 with 汀 is a less common but valid variant; both refer to the same name.
culture
Saint Valentine (圣瓦伦丁) is the 3rd-century Christian martyr whose feast day, February 14th, became 情人节 (Qíngrén Jié, Valentine's Day). The Chinese commercial holiday borrows the Western tradition wholesale; the parallel Chinese Valentine's Day is 七夕.

Stroke Order

瓦 wǎ
伦 lún
汀 tīng