Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

GIOVANNI

Chinese translation:

乔瓦尼

Added to glossary by Libin PhD
May 8, 2002 18:31
22 yrs ago
English term

GIOVANNI

Non-PRO English to Chinese Other Names (personal, company) NAME
IT IS A NAME
Proposed translations (Chinese)
4 +4 乔瓦尼
4 +3 GIOVANNI =吉欧瓦尼
4 卓凡尼

Proposed translations

+4
32 mins
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乔瓦尼

乔瓦尼

qiao2 wa3 ni2




From "Names of the World's People - A Comprehensive Dictionary of Names in Roman-Chinese."

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Note added at 2002-05-09 03:12:41 (GMT)
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It looks Italian to me. The dictionary says it is used in [法、意、罗]. 罗 is Romania.
Peer comment(s):

agree Li-chuan Yen : I think this is closer to the original pronunciation. 乔凡尼 is my suggestion, which is the equivalent in Taiwan.
6 hrs
agree Chinexpert
8 hrs
agree Scott Li : it is Italian = John in English
12 hrs
Thanks, euro, for the info.
agree daniel Xu
10 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ."
+3
11 mins

GIOVANNI =吉欧瓦尼

This is what I suggest to use:
GIOVANNI =吉欧瓦尼
吉= Ji(2)
欧= Ou(1)
瓦= Wa(3)
尼= Ni(2)

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Note added at 2002-05-08 18:44:24 (GMT)
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Or:
GIOVANNI =吉奥瓦尼
吉= Ji(2)
奥= Ao(4)
瓦= Wa(3)
尼= Ni(2)
Peer comment(s):

agree Sunshine Wang
18 mins
agree Lichun E
4 hrs
agree Xiaoping Fu
5 hrs
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9 hrs

卓凡尼

Another chioce, 卓凡尼 as the widely accecpted translation from the Italian fashion designer, 卓凡尼,华伦天奴(GIOVANNI VALENTINO)
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