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Post by mrvs19 on Oct 24, 2011 19:56:23 GMT -5
Hi everyone! Anyone here knows how to translate English name into Chinese? I have a Chinese ancestry on my father's side. My great grandfather is a full bloodied Chinese from China. I am from the Philippines. A Filipino. Our family don't practice any Chinese tradition. I never went to Chinese school, that's why I never had any Chinese name. I only want to know my Chinese name and its meaning.
By the way my real name is Mary Rizel Sy
Anybody here who can help me?
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Post by helen on Oct 24, 2011 23:32:46 GMT -5
I'm not too sure that an English name can be translated into Chinese. Maybe you need to work from your Great Grandfather's generation to get the correct last name, at the very least. Is there any way you can get an image of headstones, of the males in your family?
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Post by laohuaqiao on Oct 25, 2011 0:24:01 GMT -5
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Post by mrvs19 on Oct 25, 2011 19:34:09 GMT -5
according to my angkong my great grandfather died during the war. his father (my great grandfather) body is nowhere to be found. i'm not so sure. or maybe he was buried together with the rest of those who died during the war.
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Post by mrvs19 on Oct 25, 2011 19:37:47 GMT -5
施 if this is the translation of our family name SY. how will you translate this character?  |
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Post by lachinatown on Oct 25, 2011 19:59:22 GMT -5
薛 / Sit / Xuē / sit3
This appears to be your surname. Just that you spell it differently.
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Post by mrvs19 on Oct 25, 2011 20:50:42 GMT -5
the picture above is our SY clan logo.
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Post by laohuaqiao on Oct 26, 2011 9:00:02 GMT -5
the picture above is our SY clan logo. The character 薛 is your surname in Chinese, not a clan logo. |
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Post by mrvs19 on Oct 26, 2011 18:06:30 GMT -5
i meant sir, it is used as our clan logo also.
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Post by mrvs19 on Oct 26, 2011 18:10:46 GMT -5
Is there any way wherein i can get my own chinese name? Do temples like the Taoist Temple, provide chinese names? Or only siansi from Chinese schools gives chinese names?
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Post by mrvs19 on Oct 26, 2011 18:16:33 GMT -5
I have another inquiry here, how do you read this? This is my cousin's name in chinese, given to him by his siansi.  |
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Post by mrvs19 on Oct 26, 2011 18:19:16 GMT -5
by the way thanks for helping me
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Post by Henry on Oct 26, 2011 19:00:14 GMT -5
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Post by lachinatown on Oct 26, 2011 19:52:19 GMT -5
Your cousin's name is wan fu, ten thousand good fortune
万福 (萬福) Short and traditional forms.
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Post by laohuaqiao on Oct 26, 2011 21:39:54 GMT -5
Since your name is Mary, common Chinese translation of which is 玛莉 , pronounced as ma li.
Put that together with your surname, your Chinese name would be 薛玛莉
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