舒曼

Mandarin · pinyin Shū màn

Meanings

  1. Schumann (name)
  2. Robert Schumann (1810-1856), romantic composer
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舒
shū · open up, unfold, stretch out; comfortable, easy
曼
màn · long, extended, vast; beautiful
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1–4 · Shu1 man4

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name

  1. a transliteration of the German surname Schumann

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