(yuē hàn) - John (transliteration) in Mandarin

yuēhàn

Traditional: 約翰

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Translation

John (transliteration)

Word origin

A two-character transliteration of the name 'John', using 约 (yuē) and 翰 (hàn) for their sounds rather than their meanings. As a phonetic loan the characters are chosen to approximate the foreign name, reaching Chinese via the Latinised 'Johannes'.

Origin: loanword (phonetic transliteration)
Root: 约 (yuē) + 翰 (hàn), chosen for sound to render 'John'

Stroke order

约

翰

Examples

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John is my friend.

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John is from Britain.

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Please tell John I'll be late.

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John came back from London yesterday.

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I lent the book to John.

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This word is part of lesson 14.