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丹尼爾

简丹尼尔 · 繁丹尼爾

Mandarin · pinyin Dān ní ěr

Daniel (name)

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丹: dān · cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment)
尼: ní · Buddhist nun; transliteration
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尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle

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1–2–3 · Dan1 ni2 er3

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name

a transliteration of the English male given name and surname Daniel
a transliteration of the Spanish or Portuguese male given name Daniel
a transliteration of the English surname Daniell

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