邓恩

鄧恩
Dèng'ēn
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Meanings

  1. 1 Dunn / Dunne / Donne (English surname)

Examples

Dèng'ēn xiānsheng shì wǒmen de xīn línjū.
Mr. Dunn is our new neighbour.
Yǎnyuán Dèng'ēn zài nà bù diànyǐng lǐ hěn chūsè.
The actor Dunn was excellent in that film.

Tips

culture
邓恩 covers a range of Western bearers — actresses Kirsten Dunst (often 斯特) is different, but 邓恩 is the standard rendering for actors and athletes named Dunn or Dunne, and for the metaphysical poet John Donne (often 约翰·邓恩). Context (sport, film, literature) tells you which Dunn.
memory
(dèng) is also the surname of Deng Xiaoping (邓小平), one of China's most familiar surnames — handy hook for remembering the 'Dun-' sound. (ēn, kindness) is a standard '-en/-on' phonetic in foreign names.

Stroke Order

Dèng
ēn