海倫

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (海倫)		海	倫
simp. (海伦)		海	伦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hǎilún

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² leon⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hǎilún
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Hǎilún
    • Wade–Giles: Hai³-lun²
    • Yale: Hǎi-lwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Haeluen
    • Palladius: Хайлунь (Xajlunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² leon⁴
    • Yale: hói lèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² loen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² lên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ lɵn²¹/

Etymology 1

Proper noun

海倫

1. A transliteration of the English, Norwegian, or Swedish female given name Helen
2. (Greek mythology) Helen of Troy

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Manchu ᡥᠠᡳᠯᡠᠨ (hailun, “otter”).

Proper noun

海倫

1. (～市) Hailun (a county-level city in Suihua, Heilongjiang, China)

References

• Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Helen 海伦”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1249.