| 阿甘正传 |
Ā gān Zhèng zhuàn |
Forrest Gump |
| 阿 |
ā |
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / (bound form) abbreviation for country names beginning with 阿, e.g. 阿富汗 "Afghanistan" |
| 阿 |
ē |
(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with |
| 甘 |
Gān |
surname Gan / short name for Gansu 甘肃 |
| 甘 |
gān |
(bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦: bitter, unpleasant) / to be willing (to do sth) |
| 正 |
zhēng |
first month of the lunar year |
| 正 |
zhèng |
straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive |
| 正传 |
zhèng zhuàn |
main subject of long novel / true biography |
| 传 |
chuán |
to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity) |
| 传 |
zhuàn |
biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station |