狄奥多·阿多诺

Traditional form:

狄奧多·阿多諾

Pinyin (reading):

Dí'àoduō· Aduōnuò

Definitions:

• Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno (1903-1969), German sociologist, philosopher, musicologist, and composer

Characters:

• 狄 - barbarians; a tribe from northern China; surname
• 奥 - mysterious, obscure, profound; used in transliterations
• 多 - much, many, multi-; more than, over
• 阿 - an initial particle, a prefix used for names; used in transliterations
• 多 - much, many, multi-; more than, over
• 诺 - to promise; to approve, to assent to

Traditional characters:

• 狄 - barbarians; a tribe from northern China; surname
• 奧 - mysterious, obscure, profound; used in transliterations
• 多 - much, many, multi-; more than, over
• 阿 - an initial particle, a prefix used for names; used in transliterations
• 多 - much, many, multi-; more than, over
• 諾 - to promise; to approve, to assent to