白求恩

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	kind act (from above)
simp. and trad. (白求恩)		白	求	恩

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Bethune.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Báiqiú'ēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Báiqiú'ēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Báicióu-en
    • Wade–Giles: Pai²-chʻiu²-ên¹
    • Yale: Bái-chyóu-ēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bairchyouen
    • Palladius: Байцюэнь (Bajcjuenʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ˀən⁵⁵/

Proper noun

白求恩

1. Bethune, specifically the Canadian physician Norman Bethune

References

• 英语姓名译名手册 [Transliteration Manual for English Names]‎^[1] (in Chinese), 2nd edition, Beijing: The Commercial Press, 1989, pages 1, 35
• He, Hailun (1989) “The Art of Naming in China and Translating Western Names Into Chinese”, in Literary Onomastics Studies‎^[2], volume 16, number Article 12, page 49