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  1. Dan
  2. Dana
  3. Daniela
  4. Daniel
  5. Celdan
  6. Bhutan
  7. Adan
  8. Aidan
  9. Brendan
10. Daniel
21. Sudan



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Dan

Mandarin: dān

丹

This is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Dan

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Dana

Mandarin: dān nà

丹
娜

This is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the female / feminine name Dana.

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Daniela

feminine name

Mandarin: dān niè lā

丹
涅
拉

This is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the Latin / Spanish name Daniela

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Daniel

Alternate form

Mandarin: dān ní

丹
尼

This is another common transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Daniel. This version drops off the third character, so it sounds a bit more like Danny than Daniel. I think our main version of Daniel is better, but this is a popular transliteration according to our research on Chinese Google.

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Celdan

masculine name

Mandarin: sè ěr dān

塞
爾
丹

This is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the Latin / Spanish name Celdán

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Bhutan

Mandarin: bù dān

不
丹

This is the Chinese name for the country of Bhutan

See Also...  Asia

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Adan

masculine name

Mandarin: ē dān

阿
丹

This is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the Latin / Spanish name Adán

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Aidan

Mandarin: ài dān

艾
丹

This is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Aidan

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Brendan

Mandarin: bù lán dān

布
蘭
丹

This is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Brendan

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Daniel

Mandarin: dān ní ěr

丹
尼
爾

This is the most popular transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Daniel.

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Daniel

Alternate form

Mandarin: dān ní ěr

丹
尼
耳

This is an alternate transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Daniel.

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Danielle

Mandarin: dān nī ěr

丹
妮
爾

This is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Danielle

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A Life of Serenity
Yields Understanding

Mandarin:
dàn bó yǐ míng zhì,
níng jìng ér zhì yuǎn

淡
泊
以
明
志
寧
靜
而
致
遠

This is a kind of complex ten-character proverb composed by Zhuge Liang about 1800 years ago. The proverb means "Leading a simple life will yield a clear mind, and having inner peace will help you see far (into the world)".

What I have translated as "simple life" means NOT being materialistic and NOT competing in the rat race.

The last word means "far", but the deeper meaning is that you will surpass what you can currently see or understand. Perhaps even the idea of opening up vast knowledge and understanding of complex ideas.

The whole phrase has a theme that suggests if you are NOT an aggressive cut-throat person who fights his way to the top no matter how many people he crushes on the way, and instead seek inner peace, you will have a happier existence and be more likely to understand the meaning of life.

See Also...  Serenity

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Japanese Snapping Turtle
Chinese Soft Shell Turtle

Mandarin: biē
Japanese: suppon
Korean:

鼈

This character refers to different turtles in different languages. See individual language notes below:

Japanese: This means "snapping turtle" or "mud turtle".

This is Trionyx Sinensis.

Chinese: This means soft-shelled turtle. A specific species, Trionyx Sinensis which is native to Asia.
In China, this species is related to the "wang ba", a soft-shelled turtle sometimes known in English as a banjo turtle (due to it's long neck, and general shape). Unfortunately, there is a word, "wang ba dan" which means the egg of this species of turtle. That term has come to mean "bastard" in Chinese (a turtle hatches from an abandoned egg, and does not know who his mother or father is). This is not a good selection for a wall scroll if your audience is Chinese.

In Korean, this character can be pronounced (though most Koreans would have to look it up in a dictionary). It has not been in common use in Korea for at least a few hundred years.

General notes: You may notice that the bottom half of this character is the same as some other turtle-related titles. That bottom half is actually an ancient character that means "toad". Though not see in this way today, most turtle-related characters hold the meaning of "a toad with a shell" in their ancient origin. That toad character is rarely used alone anymore, but you can see what it looks like in the image to the right.

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Danny

Mandarin: dān ní

丹
尼

This is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Danny

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Dante

Mandarin: dān dī

丹
堤

This is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Dante

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Dany

Mandarin: dān ní

丹
尼

This is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Dany

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Denise

Mandarin: dān nī sī

丹
妮
絲

This is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Denise

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Denmark

Mandarin: dān mài

丹
麥

This is the Chinese name for the country of Denmark

See Also...  Sweden | Norway | Finland | Europe

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Dennis

Mandarin: dān ní sī

丹
尼
斯

This is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Dennis

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Jordan

Mandarin: qiáo dān

喬
丹

This is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Jordan

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Sudan

Mandarin: sū dān

蘇
丹

This is the Chinese name for the country of Sudan

See Also...  Africa

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Wall scroll artwork shown on this page is priced as follows:

1 character $29.88 each

2-3 characters $39.88 each

5-10 characters $59.88 each


We dispatch any size order to any country worldwide for a flat rate US$9.80 P&P

After you select your calligraphy, our website will take you through the process of customizing your artwork.

Options for other mounting such as portraits are available for $13 less.

We also offer the services of a famous master calligrapher for a $40 fee on any scroll if you are looking for investment-quality calligraphy.

If you chose our famous master-calligrapher, you also get more choices for silk and paper colors and the option for larger artwork.



All of our calligraphy is completely done by hand in the ancient way.

When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to our art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.

After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.

Therefore, allow at least 3 weeks for delivery from the time you place your order.

When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.


A nice Chinese calligraphy wall scroll

The scroll that I am holding in this picture is a "regular size"
4-character wall scroll.
As you can see, it is a great size to hang on your wall.
(We also offer custom wall scrolls in larger sizes)

A professional Chinese Calligrapher

Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.

There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form of art alive.

Trying to learn Chinese calligrapher - a futile effort

Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.


A high-ranked Chinese master calligrapher that I met in Zhongwei

The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.




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See: Our list of specifically Japanese Kanji Calligraphy Wall Scrolls. And, check out Our list of specifically old Korean Hanja Calligraphy Wall Scrolls.



The following table is only helpful for those studying Chinese (or Japanese), and perhaps helps search engines to find this page when someone enters Romanized Chinese or Japanese

Title
 
Characters
Simplified
Traditional
Japanese Romaji
(Romanized Japanese)
Various forms of Hanyu-Pinyin
(Romanized Chinese)
Dan
n/adān
dan
dan1
dan
Dana丹娜
丹娜
n/adān nà
dan na
dan1 na4
danna
Daniela丹涅拉
丹涅拉
n/adān niè lā
dan nie la
dan1 nie4 la1
danniela
Daniel丹尼
丹尼
n/adān ní
dan ni
dan1 ni2
danni
Celdan塞尔丹
塞爾丹
n/asè ěr dān
se er dan
se4 er3 dan1
seerdan
Bhutan不丹
不丹
n/abù dān
bu dan
bu4 dan1
budan
Adan阿丹
阿丹
n/aē dān
e dan
e1 dan1
edan
Aidan艾丹
艾丹
n/aài dān
ai dan
ai4 dan1
aidan
Brendan布兰丹
布蘭丹
n/abù lán dān
bu lan dan
bu4 lan2 dan1
bulandan
Daniel丹尼尔
丹尼爾
n/adān ní ěr
dan ni er
dan1 ni2 er3
dannier
Daniel丹尼耳
丹尼耳
n/adān ní ěr
dan ni er
dan1 ni2 er3
dannier
Danielle丹妮尔
丹妮爾
n/adān nī ěr
dan ni er
dan1 ni1 er3
dannier
A Life of Serenity
Yields Understanding
淡泊以明志宁静而致远
淡泊以明志寧靜而致遠
n/adàn bó yǐ míng zhì, níng jìng ér zhì yuǎn
dan bo yi ming zhi, ning jing er zhi yuan
dan4 bo2 yi3 ming2 zhi4, ning2 jing4 er2 zhi4 yuan3
Japanese Snapping Turtle
Chinese Soft Shell Turtle

suppon
supon
biē
bie
bie1
bie
Danny丹尼
丹尼
n/adān ní
dan ni
dan1 ni2
danni
Dante丹堤
丹堤
n/adān dī
dan di
dan1 di1
dandi
Dany丹尼
丹尼
n/adān ní
dan ni
dan1 ni2
danni
Denise丹妮丝
丹妮絲
n/adān nī sī
dan ni si
dan1 ni1 si1
dannisi
Denmark丹麦
丹麥
n/adān mài
dan mai
dan1 mai4
danmai
Dennis丹尼斯
丹尼斯
n/adān ní sī
dan ni si
dan1 ni2 si1
dannisi
Jordan乔丹
喬丹
n/aqiáo dān
qiao dan
qiao2 dan1
qiaodan
Sudan苏丹
蘇丹
n/asū dān
su dan
su1 dan1
sudan
If you have not set up your computer to display Chinese, the characters in this table probably look like empty boxes or random text garbage.
This is why we spent hundreds of hours making images so that you could view the characters in the "dan1" listings above.
If you want your Windows computer to be able to display Chinese characters you can either head to your Regional and Language options in your Win XP control panel, select the [Languages] tab and click on [Install files for East Asian Languages]. This task will ask for your Win XP CD to complete in most cases. If you don't have your Windows XP CD, or are running Windows 98, you can also download/run the simplified Chinese font package installer from Microsoft which works independently with Win 98, ME, 2000, and XP. It's a 2.5MB download, so if you are on dial up, start the download and go make a sandwich.



Some people may refer to this entry as Dan Kanji, Dan Characters, Dan in Chinese Writing, Dan in Japanese Writing, Dan in Asian Writing, Dan Ideograms, Chinese Dan symbols, Dan Hieroglyphics, Dan Glyphs, Dan in Chinese Letters, Dan Hanzi, Dan in Japanese Kanji, Dan Pictograms, Dan in the Chinese Written-Language, or Dan in the Japanese Written-Language.

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Please note: Rush service can be as fast as two weeks, but regular service is over a month for delivery.


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