Leonardo in Chinese

The standard Chinese transliteration of Leonardo is 莱昂纳多, pronounced Lái'ángnàduō. Hear it below, see what each character means, then try saying it yourself.

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Simplified (mainland China)

莱昂纳多

Traditional (Taiwan, Hong Kong)

萊昂納多

莱昂纳多

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Lái'ángnàduō

Character by character

莱
láiT2

a wild plant (goosefoot); used in transliteration

昂
ángT2

to hold (one's head) high

纳
nàT4

to accept; receive

多
duōT1

many; much

About this transliteration

DiCaprio is 莱昂纳多 (nicknamed 小李子), while da Vinci is traditionally 列奥纳多.

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