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What would be a Chinese name that sounds similar to Hunter Biden?[edit]

If Joe Biden's name "equivalent" in Chinese would be Zhao Baidung and Beau Biden's name "equivalent" in Chinese would be Bao Baidung, what would Hunter Biden's name "equivalent" in Chinese be? Futurist110 (talk) 06:12, 2 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Futurist110, we have an article on him on the Chinese Wikipedia: 亨特·拜登. In pinyin it'd be ~~transliterated~~ transcribed into "Hēng tè bài dēng". —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 06:40, 2 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What are the Pinyin translations for the names of the rest of the Biden family? Futurist110 (talk) 19:50, 2 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Joe Biden: 乔·拜登 (qiáo bàidēng)
Neilia Hunter: 内利亚·亨特 (nèilìyà hēngtè)
Beau Biden: 博·拜登 (bó bàidēng)
Hunter Biden: 亨特·拜登 (hēngtè bàidēng)
Naomi Biden: 内奥米·拜登 (nèiàomǐ bàidēng)
Jill Tracy Jacobs: 吉尔·特蕾西·雅各布斯 (jíěr tèlěixī yǎgèbùsī)
Ashley Biden: 阿什利·拜登 (Āshílì bàidēng)

bibliomaniac 1 5 20:34, 2 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merci beaucoup! The Jill Jacobs Biden Pinyin translation is, of course, the most unusual by far! Futurist110 (talk) 21:15, 2 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Futurist110: Technically, what you ask for is not translation, but transcription, because you're representing the sounds of the names in a different form rather than actually transferring meaning from one language to another. I would encourage you to read Transcription into Chinese characters if you're interested in the topic. They have a table that shows you how names are generally transliterated. bibliomaniac 1 5 21:27, 2 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]