乔瓦尼
Qiáowǎní
The Italian male given name Giovanni is translated into Chinese as 乔瓦尼 (Qiáowǎní).
乔瓦尼 is used to transliterate the Italian name Giovanni into Chinese characters.
Which one should you use?
Gēwǎnní (吉瓦尼) is a formal transliteration of Giovanni.
How do you pronounce it?
Qiáowǎní
Did you know?
- Chinese transliterations like 乔瓦尼 do not have a fixed meaning, but each character carries its own individual meaning. 乔 can mean 'tall', 瓦 means 'tile' and 尼 often refers to 'Buddhist nuns'.
- The character 尼 is frequently used in the transliteration of many foreign names and religious terms, such as 'Dominican' or '尼姑' ('nun'). It has become a 'marker' character for foreign or religious loanwords.
- Depending on the region, the 'v' sound in Giovanni is often mapped to 瓦 (wa) because Standard Chinese lacks a native 'v' sound. This transforms the Italian 'v' into a 'w' sound in the Chinese pronunciation.
Examples in context
- 乔瓦尼是一个意大利名字。Qiǎowǎní shì yīgè Yìdàlì míngzì.Giovanni is an Italian name.
- 我认识一个叫乔瓦尼的朋友。Wǒ rènshi yīgè jiào Qiǎowǎní de péngyou.I know a friend named Giovanni.
Example conversation
Two students are discussing characters in a book.
- 梓涵 Zihan浩然，你知道书中那个男主角的名字吗？Hàorán, nǐ zhīdào shū zhōng nàgè nán zhǔjiǎo de míngzi ma?Haoran, do you know the name of the male protagonist in the book?
- 浩然 Haoran他的名字叫乔瓦尼。Tā de míngzi jiào Qiǎowǎní.His name is Giovanni.
- 梓涵 Zihan乔瓦尼听起来很优雅。Qiǎowǎní tīng qǐlái hěn yōuyǎ.Giovanni sounds very elegant.
- 浩然 Haoran是的，这是一个很有趣的名字。Shì de, zhè shì yīgè hěn yǒuqù de míngzi.Yes, it is a very interesting name.
