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霍夫曼

Mandarin · pinyin Huò fū màn

Hofmann or Hoffman (name)
August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892), German chemist
Dustin Hoffman (1937-), US film actor

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霍: huò · quickly, suddenly; surname
夫: fū · man, male adult, husband; those
曼: màn · long, extended, vast; beautiful

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4–1–4 · Huo4 fu1 man4

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a transliteration of the English surname Hoffman, Hofman, or Hoffmann
a transliteration of the German or Polish surname Hoffmann

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