Shuo, first let me say how much I enjoy your instructional videos. My Chinese name is 李海岚. This name was given to me by my Chinese teacher when I studied Chinese at Yale University more than 40 years ago. I like my name very much because it is an androgynous name, and the name 李海岚 has the characters tree， ocean, mountain and wind in it, almost like a landscape painting. A little about me, I taught English as a second language in New York City for over 25 years and had many students from China. In class, they would sometimes speak Mandarin among themselves so I was able to retain my Chinese listening comprehension, but my reading ability is not as good as it was when I was in college. Now since I am in my late 60s,， I socially distance at home because of COVID。I have a lot of free time on my hands so have started to review Chinese, and am delighted to have found your videos on TH-cam. My goal is to pass the HSK 5 exam. I know I have a long road ahead of me, but it gives me something to focus on during this difficult time. Once again, thank you for creating such fun interesting video content.
My Chinese name is 师嘉伟, I've been told by several teachers and Chinese people that it isn't a "real Chinese name" and even had one teacher offer to help me come up with a better name. The reason I haven't changed my name is because it was given to me by my first Chinese teachers who came together and chose names for our whole class so it has meaning to me and reminds me of that first almost 2 years of struggling to learn Chinese. 师 must not be a common surname, although Pleco says it can be a surname. I also like that it translates to "great teacher" which I found out since starting to learn Chinese that I am a really good teacher. :D
@@alienshuang5375 Hi my chinese name is 俊要 it was given by a friend...Im half chinese but never got a chinese name the day i was born since im born in the Philippines...What does 蔡俊要 means? I only know 蔡 since its our real surname
@Nayss "俊" means handsome, "要"means ask for something, the pronunciation of this name sounds like a Taiwanese, I think it sounds pretty good and special. If you want to this name have more meaning, you can change the "要", I suggest you choose "曜" or "耀", the first character means sunlight or sun in chinese ancient books, the second means strongly shine or strongly flash or strong spark. I suggest you choose the "曜", it's cool, and the name "蔡俊曜" sounds very special and cool. Nice name.
I've been studying Chinese for 10 years now... my first Chinese teacher gave me the name 白英杰，"白" since it sounded like my surname, and "英杰" as a given name. I have met many native Chinese speakers, and each one of them has told me how much they love my name! :)
@@typicallymoon7975 absolutely! May I ask your last name’s initial? It’ll help me pick out a surname for you :) also, tell me a couple of your personality traits and hobbies. That way your name can be curated to you as best as possible 😃
@@typicallymoon7975 how does this sound? (Click “Read More” if it’s covered to see the meaning) Bái Shū Huà 白 淑 画 白 is a surname that literally means “white,” and is the most popular/common Chinese name that begins with “B” (in my opinion) 淑 is a character meaning virtuous, charming, kind and gentle, and pure. It is a beautiful character with blissful connotation associated. 画 is the character for both the verb “to draw / paint” as well as the noun “drawing / painting.” Let me know what you think 💭😄
@@Five-uy6xn 若 means "as if" or "like", 华 is a pretty common character in Chinese names, I think it's derived from ’花‘ (flower) and has the meaning of beauty.
My chinese name is 王河落， the surname Wang i choose because is my favourite character and because my surname Garcia is a very popular Surname in Spain, so i choose a very popular chinese surname combined the fact a love the history of this character even the pronunciation i also like, Jordão is the brazilian form of Jordan, which comes from hebrew who means "Falling River" or "River who descend" so i picked 河 and 落. I also love study ancient chinese poems and watch ancient series so my Chinese friends told me my name looks like ancient chinese people, they believe i am some kind of reincarnation of a chinese ancient wise poet or schoolar lol , i liked so much that i can really imagine someone in the ancient times with this name.
My Chinese name is 李莉 ! My real name is Emily, Lily has always been my nickname and my Chinese friends have told me that it actually sounds Chinese so... 😊
Great video, as usual. My Chinese name in 兰赛君 (Lán sài jūn). The family name is pronounced in a very similar way as my own family name, and it is a real Chinese family name. According to Wikipedia, it is the154th most common family name in China. The first name has one of the sounds contained in my real first name and the characters were chosen to reflect my passion of studying and trying to always improve. I showed to a few Chinese friends and so far the feedback has been positive.
I've chosen 罗睿彦 as it approximates my English name and reflects (I hope) the value of intelligence and a desire to learn. If you ever do another video appraising foreigners' Chinese names, I'd love to know whether it's actually a homophone for 'dribbling idiot' or something similarly counter to my intentions lol :)
I haven’t had the chance to get feedback from any native speakers about this, but when I decided to find a good Chinese name for myself, I discovered and thought that 伍约旦 (Wǔ Yuē Dàn) would work. I like what I understand about the meanings of the individual 约旦characters (pact, covenant, or agreement, and sunrise), and I am originally named after the Jordan River in Palestine (约旦河), so I figured I would just keep it that way. The family name is based on my parents, siblings, and myself being a family of five people, and it’s a similar sound to how the first syllable of our surname was originally pronounced in Germany over 100 years ago. I do wonder, though, whether the whole thing sounds extremely foreign or if there’s anything else weird about it. I thought about other possibilities, based on my being born in the year of the snake/1989, or other personality characteristics of mine, but this one just seemed like a lucky fit. 🤷🏻♂️ What do you think?
Yeah, 伍约旦 is weird and it sounds like a foreign name. Traditionally, Chinese won't use name of a country/city/river/mountain to name their children. Although, theoretically, you can choose anything you find in dictionary. But not anything's gonna sound good.
This is a cute video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and ideas with us! I have been learning Chinese for 7 years, so these kinds of videos are very helpful! I have a few Chinese names... For 2 years while still a college student, my name (given by teachers) was 杜莉。I didn't like the way it sounded, so a couple years later when I started teaching English in China, I changed my given name, so then it became 杜小云。Now, I teach English online in Taiwan. A student of mine gave me the beautiful name 莫彩霞，which I have no intention of changing anytime soon!
I have chosen my name by myself. My name is Sebastián. So, I tried with the transliteration: 塞巴斯蒂安 Sāibāsīdì'ān. Then I said: "Nope". Another one This was the second attempt. 曲智语 (Qū Zhìyǔ). The first character comes from the fact I love music, then I am very intelligent, and finally I have a great interest in languages. However, the pronunciation is a hell of tongue twister, so I decided another one. I tried other features: I'm 6 ft tall (1,85 m), which in my country is quite impressive. So I chose 高 (Gāo), a common Chinese family name. And it also comes in the word 高兴 (Gāoxìng), happy. I tend to be happy. Then I wanted something to do with music. I chose 乐 (yuè) from 音乐 (yīnyuè). I even stated it as my pronunciation. Then, one Chinese man told me this was not its correct pronuncation as far as names are concerned. The right one was lè, as in 乐观 (lèguān), "optimistic", and it was fair enough for me. As for the final character, I chose 敢 (gǎn), appearing in verbs like "to dare". I have faced many challenges, so I wanted to show some braveness. Hence my name: 高乐敢 (Gāo Lègǎn) I even dared put a name to a girl I love: 木 (Mù) because of the first syllable of her family name 安 ( Ān), because her name is Andrea. She studied International Relations and her interest is about peace. 菲 (fēi), "fragance". I always remember her thanks to her perfume.
Honestly, I think 高乐勇 would be more Chinese style than 高乐敢, becouse Chinese people rarely choose 敢 in their names, it's a little bit weird to us. 勇 means 勇敢（brave）, so thet are same meanings. Please forgive me for my awful English……
my teacher chose the three-character name 卫采薇 (wèi cǎi wēi ) because it comes from this really beautiful 诗经 (shī jīng) of a soldier in a war who persisted so he could one day return to his family. since my given English name means "victory" the meaning of this is quite wonderful and I cherish it a lot :)
My middle name is Mylene (my-lean) which means beautiful, so when my 老师 told us to choose a Chinese name I wanted something that meant or sounded similar, I choose Mei Lin (we wrote it down in English on a flash card) thinking it meant beautiful or something 😅 but she changed it to 梅琳 meaning something like plum tree? I liked it so I kept it haha idk if it’s a good name tho?
梅琳 looks like a female version of 梅林 which is Merlin‘s Chinese translation. 梅 only represents sound here, doesn’t have special meaning to it and it’s a better character for names than other mei sound characters as in Chinese culture 梅 (often refers to the flower, wintersweet or Chimonanthus praecox) is the flower of gritty, courageous, perseverant, etc. because it blooms in the middle of the harsh winter. Plum can be both 李 and 梅 in Chinese, depending on the exact species, but 梅 is always referred to the species that flowers in winter.
Ben Liu ohhh makes sense, at one point I google translated the name and Merlin kept popping up 😂 I always assumed it was just because it sounded similar, thank you!
I chose 康連娜 as a Chinese name cause I like that the name sounds a little bit similar to my first name in German - the meaning is ~ peaceful delicate company
Hey can anyone suggest me a good chinese name which has a meaning of "happy/joy, pureness of heart & soul and honesty" in sanskrit.My real name is 'Harshitha' and 'Chilupuri' is my family name .... I found a few names but I dont know whether they are good or not ▪︎Huan/Kwan - happiness ▪︎Jun -Truth ▪︎Shuang- Frank ,open-hearted ▪︎Xinqian - happy & beautiful ▪︎Yi jie - happy & pure ▪︎Jingyi - Quiet, joy , harmony, gentle But by the quiz conducted by Shuoshuo chinese I got yáng wēi (wēi wēi)
Probably you should type the Chinese characters, since they are many characters sounds the same. I can't associate the pinyin with actual Chinese characters.
I chose 韩晨曦 which means dawn. My name doesn’t have an Chinese equivalent and the meaning of it is not nice, but my mom named me after her favorite character in a movie. The name 晨曦 is the name of the main character of a Chinese documentary I watched when I was little which ended up being my inspiration to learn Chinese.
@@shaco8212 I chose the one that’s most similar to my last name. The first two letters of my real last name are “an” so I figured that Han would be the closest :)
My Chinese name is 文文 which was given to me by my kindergarten teacher, but my brother chose 小狗 for his name and changed it a couple years ago to 马克斯 which is the the direct translation of his real name
😂if your name is 马克思, the first impression in every Chinese brain will be: you are a believer of Karl Marx, you are a strong Marxismer. In China, it will be funny.
I really think you do a great job with your Chinese teaching it’s very clear and concise has someone who has lived in China for many years and have been going to China for over 20 I wish you were around back in the day. My Chinese name given to me by my father-in-law is big dragon.
I've been trying to figure out a name for myself and I think im going to go with 维喜力. My nickname in english is cery so this sounds very close to me lol even though it seems very masculine
很好的话题！ My wife uses my family name here in the US, so I’ve concluded that, since “Morrison” really can’t turn in into a proper single-character 姓, I would most likely “return the favor,” and use her family name in China, that being 汪 (and no, not 王). So, I’d probably start there...
In 2000, my colleagues held a mini-conference to give me a Chinese name. They settled on this one: Táng Yù Chúan, 唐喻传. "Messenger of the Emperor," is what they said, which was supposed to be similar to "Herald of Change" which is the meaning of my name. Turns out it also means, "Seasick." depending on the tones. 🤪
Just seen your channel for the first time, loved the last item and subscribed because it made me laugh. I was given my Chinese name by a female friend in Singapore.
My name used to be 金玉泉 (Jīn Yùquán) and I’ve been told 玉泉 (Yùquán) means something like “beautiful flowing (jade?) spring” (If I’m not mistaken, I believe the first character 玉 (yù) means “jade” 泉 (quán) means “spring” (spring as in like a body of water) and 金 means “gold” Edit: If anyone knows could u tell me the actual meaning of 玉泉 if I’m not correct? 😅
your understanding of the words 玉 and 泉 individually are both accurate. It is indeed "jade" + "spring (water)", and when 玉泉 is put together, it is a proper chinese name (just that it sounds very old, like a 1950s name in my opinion)
I'm lucky because my given name is short and easy to pronounce in Chinese, and I took my host family's last name when I spent half a year abroad in China, so I'm 张丽娜.
My Chinese name is 若初, which people told me was very fortuitous when I was in China (it comes from the poem 人生若只如初见). However, one of my close friends didn't have the same luck; his Chinese name was 曾小贤, like the character from iApartment. So many of our Chinese teachers burst out laughing when he introduced himself
"若初" is really a classical and beautiful name. It is a good method to get your name from Chinese poems or classics. Chinese era name often comes in this way.
I am deciding between these names (so hard to choose): 林怡然 (Lin Yi Ran) 林靜怡 (Lin Jing Yi) 林靜熙 (Lin Jing Xi) 林畅怡(Lin Chang Yi). The names are taken from the meaning of my English name - my family name means 'a forest of birch trees' and my given name means 'joy/happiness'! I tried to Google these names to see if there were any... alternative... meanings 😂 They seem to be okay! What do you think?!
Perhaps you could consider 林靜熙. the first one sounds a little strange (it's more of a girlish name while it could possibly be a guy's name too..) second name is too common (Jing Yi is a super common name), the last one - Chang Yi - sounds very old and matured (unless this is what you're looking for), 靜熙 sounds more sweeter, younger and more approachable, in my opinion.
When we were trying to decide our chinese name in the first day of chinese class, I insisted my language partner that I wanted somewhat similar pronunciation to my name, and I also told her that sometimes go by the name "genie". So the birth of 珍妮 have came. But I still dont have a Chinese last name tho.
我的朋友因为我的头发而称我为我最喜欢的水果是菠萝，我的公婆通常称我 。我以为协会很棒。Most people will see jackfruit but the meaning behind it is pineapple honey because of my current hair and they think I am sweet haha new friends always get a laugh when I say my Chinese name :D (Tokio Myers for hair reference)
So I am from Japan. My name uses kanji (chinese characters used in japanese). Can I just pronounce them chinesely? Surname is: 島袋 (Shimabukuro in japan) Given name is: 明 (Akira in Japan) So my name would be pronounced in chinese as Dǎodài Míng? Would this be okay to do or should I also pick another name? My boyfriend is from Taiwan and he told me I can just write the name in Zhuyin, like ㄕㄧㄇㄚㄅㄨㄎㄨㄌㄛ•ㄚㄎㄧㄌㄚ [Shimabukulo Akila] and everyone in Taiwan will understand, but I don’t like that a lot, and I also want a chinese name :D By the way I am male, so if you want to help me with my name please take that into conversation :)
I created this one 溯霖, I am not sure is it okay to have the name like this, but I just like to reverse to the best moments of my life and they are connected mostly with the rainy weather 😅☺️
Hi Shuo, thanks a lot for your video, I"m learning Mandarin and I"d like to know if the name that I choose is a good name. Last name: 吴 (Wú) and first name: 灵健 (Líng jiàn). Again, thanks for your help.
My Chinese name is 安睿轩. I chose 安 because it sounds similar to my real last name, and chose 睿 because it sounds similar to my real first name, and I liked the meaning more than 瑞 which is pronounced the same. I added 轩 because I liked the sound of that character and saw it in quite a few male names that I knew.
Thanks for your ideas. I use the Chinese name 高哩, which sounds like my surname "Crowley". But a friend sent me an article about using 3 characters, not 2.. I'm thinking about 岑阔理, which sounds like "Ted Crowley" to me. If I use meaning instead, 田 is close to the meaning of "Crowley", and Theodore ("gift of God") suggests 天礼. But I read that 礼 by itself means "ceremony", not "gift", so that doesn't work. And 天哩 is a word ("justice"). So I'll keep looking. But thanks -- many useful ideas.
礼 as gift is more commonly used, I think this character is okay. 礼 as ceremony is mostly used in ancient Chinese （文言文）。 Probably you should avoid the character 哩, because this word is an onomatopoeia and has not actual meaning. It's like the equivalent of Hmmm or uh-huh so it's kind of wierd.
@@platanus726 Thanks for the good ideas. A friend suggested 天赐 so I'm thinking of using 高天赐. But based on your comment, maybe I should use 高天礼 instead. What do you think?
My Chinese name is 言乔威，which was given to me by my Chinese Professor back when I was a college sophomore. I’m a broadcast communications major, so she went along those lines as well as trying to capture my personality at the time. I hope that the name is legit, I don’t have much problems with pronunciation, but the tones do get a little muddy at times.😅
Years ago, after lots of thought and consideration, I came up with 莉文 as my Chinese name. My Chinese friends kept calling me 莉莉 because this sounds similar to my English name. Later, the 文 character shifted to the front to become a sort of surname. One day, one of my Chinese friends suggested I use 王 as a surname instead. So...now my Chinese name is 王莉莉 which, after googling this name, seems really popular. 😂
When I first decided to look for a Chinese name, I used to joke about it being 刘六 as it sounds similar to how a Chinese mate used to call me, but I know it was silly haha Finally I decided to use 莱昂 since it's the usual direct transliteration of the Spanish word "León" (lion) and my name means "Lion man" in Greek. A good Chinese friend of mine told me she really likes it so I think I chose well! :D
my translated name is "乔伊斯" or "Qiao Yi Si" and the name that i picked myself is "韦秀颖" "Wei Xiu Ying" Wei is my surname, Xiu means elegant & graceful and Ying means smart & intelligent
My chinese name is 江伟旭. I don't really know what this name is but I have a Chinese name and my parents were bron into a family of Chinese immigrants to Thailand.
@@humansponge5130 No, if they are your friends of similar age, no need to be very close, you can use the first names. If they only have one character in first name, then use full name.
Is 田罕娜 a good name? 田 has a similar meaning to my English family name and 罕娜 is just the transliteration of my given name. Does it sound pretty? Do the characters look nice together? Does it sound like something else that means something awful? All help is appreciated.
@@hf8996 however note that the meaning of the name "Hannah" (if that's your given name) is known : it means "grace, kindness" in Hebrew. So you could also chose to translate it with 恩 (pronounced en1), which has more or less the same meaning as well as a similar sound (you can add 娜 after it for a better phonetic approximation). There is also 惠 (hui4) with a similar meaning.
I asked a few people already if 桂英 is a good name, but I wanted to check again! It's got a similar meaning to my English name (Laura, which comes from the laurel tree) and the second character reflects my country (England) and my personality. Does it sound outdated though? I've heard it was a popular name in the 1960s....
In ancient China,there was a female general named 穆桂英， and there’s countless of literature and plays based on her life experiences. You probably can’t find a man that has not heard the name before. Truly a great name.
Thank you so much for sharing this video, it’s really helpful for a foreigner like me planning on writing or making a story based on fictional Chinese characters! I really admire Chinese culture, so lovely and fascinating ^^ But I do have a a question though, the names that I’ve created for my fictional characters is are Tai Yì (He’s the older brother) and Tai Huô (The younger brother) It’d be really nice to get some help since I barely know Chinese “:) Thank you again for this video! ^^
In school, I had to choose a Chinese name and I chose 陶贤. I decided on 贤 because it had the same meaning as my original name but I never asked anybody about it before 😂
When I used to teach Chinese students I went by 福乐岂 (Lucky)， but with acquaintances I started using 福耐仙 (Nathan). I'm open to critique on either or both. Thanks
I am struggling to pick a Chinese name as I have no one to ask for confirmation or give me a better cultural understanding of the name. I like the idea of a two-syllable name because I like a minimalist approach, if that makes sense. I don't want to over-complicate the name that I pick so as to create more issues for myself. I picked the last name 谢 (Xiè) because it is similar in pronunciation to my last name and I like that it means "thank" (I try to practice gratitude consistently). Being a trans guy, I fear that I will pick a name that will make people misgender me, so I am going to ask for help on here. My name is Farran (meaning iron grey) and I would like a meaning that is nature-based? Would anyone have any ideas?
What would mine be? My name Eric means a ruler forever and my last name Paul means humble and the human traits I hold dearest are love and empathy. I tried looking up ones that would be similar but can't find anything.
Your English skill is very great. Where did you learn it from? Can you make a content of how do some difficult characters of Chinese dirived from. I really eager to know much about them to make me easier to understand.
Honey. It’s up to you, Chinese people usually don’t quite care if you have a Chinese name, but we will feel happy if you have one. I think it’s more proper to tell your friends your name in your mother tongue and your Chinese name at the same time. “我叫……，我的中文名是……。”
you can use your Chinese name in Chinese class, or when you want to make Chinese friends or hang out with your Chinese friends, it's a good idea to use Chinese name, which can make you guys get closer.
Hey, I know I'm late, but I need your help 老师. My chinese name is 吴依然. The surname is taken by my original one. My friend helped me chose the name(we researched together), but I'm scared that english speakers could think it sound like Iran(the country). I really need another opinion too😭
i recently read a book where a character was called "jia yu". i think this name looks very beautiful and i was wondering which characters you could use to write it and what it would mean :) i hope this is not a stupid question, i don't really learn chinese so i don't know much about the characters and i couldn't find anything on google ^^°
"佳玉" : normal "佳钰" "嘉钰" : sounds great , girl's name. "佳煜" "嘉煜" : sounds great , boy's name. "佳" and "嘉" both mean good, but I suggest you choose "嘉", it's more fashion. "钰" means treasure. "煜" means flame, shine. If you are a boy choose "嘉煜", otherwise, choose "嘉钰", both are very fashioned name.
My Mandarin teacher chose 施悦琳 for me. It might work well when used in a Mandarin environment. However, my boyfriend's family is from Guangdong and my original name pronounced in Cantonese sounds very weird/rural/old-fashioned. So I had to change my Chinese name to 施媛怡.
my language exchange friend asked if he could give me a chinese name and I said yes. then he gave me the same last name as his lol I just want a name that has a beautiful meaning behind it...if possible, something that has "rain" in it..
Sadly the "meaning" section of the Wikipedia page got removed just a couple of days after the release of this video, you can still find the old list if you search through the archives, but there is no simple one-click way of doing it
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Just so that we feel better about our names struggles, a Chinese friend of mine insisted for her name to be Seagull 🤭
I knew someone who went by Magnet. She wanted to be called something that she really liked hahaha it was art school 😅
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Tbf 海鸥 would make a pretty cool Chinese name... I'm sold.
@@AntHenson there is actually an actual Chinese name that is a sea bird and its 海燕。its a petrel basically. I think it's a beautiful name
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Shuo, first let me say how much I enjoy your instructional videos. My Chinese name is 李海岚. This name was given to me by my Chinese teacher when I studied Chinese at Yale University more than 40 years ago. I like my name very much because it is an androgynous name, and the name 李海岚 has the characters tree， ocean, mountain and wind in it, almost like a landscape painting. A little about me, I taught English as a second language in New York City for over 25 years and had many students from China. In class, they would sometimes speak Mandarin among themselves so I was able to retain my Chinese listening comprehension, but my reading ability is not as good as it was when I was in college. Now since I am in my late 60s,， I socially distance at home because of COVID。I have a lot of free time on my hands so have started to review Chinese, and am delighted to have found your videos on TH-cam. My goal is to pass the HSK 5 exam. I know I have a long road ahead of me, but it gives me something to focus on during this difficult time. Once again, thank you for creating such fun interesting video content.
The character 嵐 actually means the mist of the mountains. Your teacher really gave you a beautiful name!
Lucky you to have had access to such instruction.
I will be taking Chinese at Yale too!
My name "Bill" is often mispronounced as "Beer" or "Bear"
So i joke my chinese name is "Xiong"
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啤酒 could be much funnier 😄
So typically chinese to add random R’s in places. I also often hear chinese people say things like “cinemaR”, instead of cinema. :p
Ehhhh i don’t think so my big sister name is 安安 and her English name is:Maria
It sounds nice, you need a second word to make a full name. Why not 小熊 ?
i can creat my own name its amazing 我是大鸡鸡
My Chinese name is 师嘉伟, I've been told by several teachers and Chinese people that it isn't a "real Chinese name" and even had one teacher offer to help me come up with a better name. The reason I haven't changed my name is because it was given to me by my first Chinese teachers who came together and chose names for our whole class so it has meaning to me and reminds me of that first almost 2 years of struggling to learn Chinese. 师 must not be a common surname, although Pleco says it can be a surname. I also like that it translates to "great teacher" which I found out since starting to learn Chinese that I am a really good teacher. :D
I mean if several native speaking people are telling you......
Well it seems normal to me and i am chinese🙃
师 is actually a surname in China. I’m Chinese, your name is absolutely a real Chinese name
@@alienshuang5375 Hi my chinese name is 俊要 it was given by a friend...Im half chinese but never got a chinese name the day i was born since im born in the Philippines...What does 蔡俊要 means? I only know 蔡 since its our real surname
@Nayss "俊" means handsome, "要"means ask for something, the pronunciation of this name sounds like a Taiwanese, I think it sounds pretty good and special.
If you want to this name have more meaning, you can change the "要", I suggest you choose "曜" or "耀", the first character means sunlight or sun in chinese ancient books, the second means strongly shine or strongly flash or strong spark.
I suggest you choose the "曜", it's cool, and the name "蔡俊曜" sounds very special and cool.
Nice name.
I've been studying Chinese for 10 years now... my first Chinese teacher gave me the name 白英杰，"白" since it sounded like my surname, and "英杰" as a given name. I have met many native Chinese speakers, and each one of them has told me how much they love my name! :)
As u know chinese could u do my name its "Debadrita " eeh i know its a hard one and may not have a perfect translation 👀
@@typicallymoon7975 absolutely! May I ask your last name’s initial? It’ll help me pick out a surname for you :) also, tell me a couple of your personality traits and hobbies. That way your name can be curated to you as best as possible 😃
@@JakeBorns my last name's initial is B and as per my hobbies i like art and i also practice martial arts :-)
@@JakeBorns and i am more of an introvert than an extrovert and i like to stay at home , its my safe place 🐢
@@typicallymoon7975 how does this sound? (Click “Read More” if it’s covered to see the meaning)
Bái Shū Huà
白 淑 画
白 is a surname that literally means “white,” and is the most popular/common Chinese name that begins with “B” (in my opinion)
淑 is a character meaning virtuous, charming, kind and gentle, and pure. It is a beautiful character with blissful connotation associated.
画 is the character for both the verb “to draw / paint” as well as the noun “drawing / painting.”
Let me know what you think 💭😄
My Chinese name is 田若華 and was given to me by some Taiwanese family friends when I was 18 😊
@@platanus726 what does it translate to
@@Five-uy6xn 若 means "as if" or "like", 华 is a pretty common character in Chinese names, I think it's derived from ’花‘ (flower) and has the meaning of beauty.
Thank you! My aunt has told me that if I choose a Chinese name, she'll add it to our family book. This really helps
My chinese name is 王河落， the surname Wang i choose because is my favourite character and because my surname Garcia is a very popular Surname in Spain, so i choose a very popular chinese surname combined the fact a love the history of this character even the pronunciation i also like, Jordão is the brazilian form of Jordan, which comes from hebrew who means "Falling River" or "River who descend" so i picked 河 and 落. I also love study ancient chinese poems and watch ancient series so my Chinese friends told me my name looks like ancient chinese people, they believe i am some kind of reincarnation of a chinese ancient wise poet or schoolar lol , i liked so much that i can really imagine someone in the ancient times with this name.
非常好的名字啊！
My Chinese name is 李莉 ! My real name is Emily, Lily has always been my nickname and my Chinese friends have told me that it actually sounds Chinese so... 😊
it's a typical chinese name and it's so typical to be kind of old school, like 60s or 70s chinese~
Hahaha 😂 you always crack me up !! Happy to be one of your students 祁曼萤 :) xx Lynda 💕
Hi Lynda (I messed up your country and your name too! I thought it was Linda!)
Shuoshuo Chinese说说中文 🤪Your Sins keep adding up !!! Dear Dear what will we do with you. 🤪
@@babybiscuit4288 🤦♀️
My Chinese Name Is "戴丽秀" ' Dai Li Xu " My Real Name Is Maddi Thank You Very much For Helping Me Find My Chinese Name!❤
Great video, as usual. My Chinese name in 兰赛君 (Lán sài jūn). The family name is pronounced in a very similar way as my own family name, and it is a real Chinese family name. According to Wikipedia, it is the154th most common family name in China. The first name has one of the sounds contained in my real first name and the characters were chosen to reflect my passion of studying and trying to always improve. I showed to a few Chinese friends and so far the feedback has been positive.
Really beautiful name🎉
good name, it gives me a sense of western style and still authentic chinese name
I've chosen 罗睿彦 as it approximates my English name and reflects (I hope) the value of intelligence and a desire to learn. If you ever do another video appraising foreigners' Chinese names, I'd love to know whether it's actually a homophone for 'dribbling idiot' or something similarly counter to my intentions lol :)
I haven’t had the chance to get feedback from any native speakers about this, but when I decided to find a good Chinese name for myself, I discovered and thought that 伍约旦 (Wǔ Yuē Dàn) would work. I like what I understand about the meanings of the individual 约旦characters (pact, covenant, or agreement, and sunrise), and I am originally named after the Jordan River in Palestine (约旦河), so I figured I would just keep it that way. The family name is based on my parents, siblings, and myself being a family of five people, and it’s a similar sound to how the first syllable of our surname was originally pronounced in Germany over 100 years ago. I do wonder, though, whether the whole thing sounds extremely foreign or if there’s anything else weird about it. I thought about other possibilities, based on my being born in the year of the snake/1989, or other personality characteristics of mine, but this one just seemed like a lucky fit. 🤷🏻♂️ What do you think?
Yeah, 伍约旦 is weird and it sounds like a foreign name. Traditionally, Chinese won't use name of a country/city/river/mountain to name their children. Although, theoretically, you can choose anything you find in dictionary. But not anything's gonna sound good.
@@LeonardoCaida - Thank you; that's very helpful. I'll keep considering other possibilities.
@@jordanwutkee2548 no problem. :)
This is a cute video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and ideas with us! I have been learning Chinese for 7 years, so these kinds of videos are very helpful!
I have a few Chinese names... For 2 years while still a college student, my name (given by teachers) was 杜莉。I didn't like the way it sounded, so a couple years later when I started teaching English in China, I changed my given name, so then it became 杜小云。Now, I teach English online in Taiwan. A student of mine gave me the beautiful name 莫彩霞，which I have no intention of changing anytime soon!
I have chosen my name by myself.
My name is Sebastián. So, I tried with the transliteration: 塞巴斯蒂安
Sāibāsīdì'ān. Then I said: "Nope". Another one
This was the second attempt. 曲智语 (Qū Zhìyǔ). The first character comes from the fact I love music, then I am very intelligent, and finally I have a great interest in languages. However, the pronunciation is a hell of tongue twister, so I decided another one.
I tried other features:
I'm 6 ft tall (1,85 m), which in my country is quite impressive. So I chose 高 (Gāo), a common Chinese family name. And it also comes in the word 高兴 (Gāoxìng), happy. I tend to be happy.
Then I wanted something to do with music. I chose 乐 (yuè) from 音乐 (yīnyuè). I even stated it as my pronunciation. Then, one Chinese man told me this was not its correct pronuncation as far as names are concerned. The right one was lè, as in 乐观 (lèguān), "optimistic", and it was fair enough for me.
As for the final character, I chose 敢 (gǎn), appearing in verbs like "to dare". I have faced many challenges, so I wanted to show some braveness.
Hence my name: 高乐敢 (Gāo Lègǎn)
I even dared put a name to a girl I love:
木 (Mù) because of the first syllable of her family name
安 (
Ān), because her name is Andrea. She studied International Relations and her interest is about peace.
菲 (fēi), "fragance". I always remember her thanks to her perfume.
Honestly, I think 高乐勇 would be more Chinese style than 高乐敢, becouse Chinese people rarely choose 敢 in their names, it's a little bit weird to us. 勇 means 勇敢（brave）, so thet are same meanings. Please forgive me for my awful English……
my teacher chose the three-character name 卫采薇 (wèi cǎi wēi ) because it comes from this really beautiful 诗经 (shī jīng) of a soldier in a war who persisted so he could one day return to his family. since my given English name means "victory" the meaning of this is quite wonderful and I cherish it a lot :)
Good choice！
卫 and 采薇 both have beautiful meaning. It sounds really classical and elegant.
Hahaaaaa! Yáng Wěi.... Omg, I lost it when I heard the word it sounds like. 😂
My middle name is Mylene (my-lean) which means beautiful, so when my 老师 told us to choose a Chinese name I wanted something that meant or sounded similar, I choose Mei Lin (we wrote it down in English on a flash card) thinking it meant beautiful or something 😅 but she changed it to 梅琳 meaning something like plum tree? I liked it so I kept it haha idk if it’s a good name tho?
梅琳 looks like a female version of 梅林 which is Merlin‘s Chinese translation. 梅 only represents sound here, doesn’t have special meaning to it and it’s a better character for names than other mei sound characters as in Chinese culture 梅 (often refers to the flower, wintersweet or Chimonanthus praecox) is the flower of gritty, courageous, perseverant, etc. because it blooms in the middle of the harsh winter. Plum can be both 李 and 梅 in Chinese, depending on the exact species, but 梅 is always referred to the species that flowers in winter.
Ben Liu ohhh makes sense, at one point I google translated the name and Merlin kept popping up 😂 I always assumed it was just because it sounded similar, thank you!
Miyo ._. haha
I chose 康連娜 as a Chinese name cause I like that the name sounds a little bit similar to my first name in German - the meaning is ~ peaceful delicate company
Hey can anyone suggest me a good chinese name which has a meaning of "happy/joy, pureness of heart & soul and honesty" in sanskrit.My real name is 'Harshitha' and 'Chilupuri' is my family name ....
I found a few names but I dont know whether they are good or not
▪︎Huan/Kwan - happiness
▪︎Jun -Truth
▪︎Shuang- Frank ,open-hearted
▪︎Xinqian - happy & beautiful
▪︎Yi jie - happy & pure
▪︎Jingyi - Quiet, joy , harmony, gentle
But by the quiz conducted by Shuoshuo chinese I got yáng wēi (wēi wēi)
Probably you should type the Chinese characters, since they are many characters sounds the same. I can't associate the pinyin with actual Chinese characters.
@@platanus726 hmm I'm really sorry but I dont know chinese characters
I chose 韩晨曦 which means dawn. My name doesn’t have an Chinese equivalent and the meaning of it is not nice, but my mom named me after her favorite character in a movie. The name 晨曦 is the name of the main character of a Chinese documentary I watched when I was little which ended up being my inspiration to learn Chinese.
I am curious why do u choose 韩 as last name, it is rare that foreigner use this surname
@@shaco8212 I chose the one that’s most similar to my last name. The first two letters of my real last name are “an” so I figured that Han would be the closest :)
Sounds beautiful. 晨曦 is the first rays of the morning sun.
It’s a dreamy name!
My Chinese name is 文文 which was given to me by my kindergarten teacher, but my brother chose 小狗 for his name and changed it a couple years ago to 马克斯 which is the the direct translation of his real name
😂if your name is 马克思, the first impression in every Chinese brain will be: you are a believer of Karl Marx, you are a strong Marxismer.
In China, it will be funny.
@@knightcrawley4996 哈哈
My name is Nisha, my Chinese name is 妮莎. My Chinese teacher gave this name,as it is similiar to my real name.
I really think you do a great job with your Chinese teaching it’s very clear and concise has someone who has lived in China for many years and have been going to China for over 20 I wish you were around back in the day. My Chinese name given to me by my father-in-law is big dragon.
Chinese name I picked myself ( back when I had HSK tests ) was 齐悦 and I love it sooo much
It‘s a good one！Sounds like a young buatiful girl！Good choice！
@@kaisun4214 Excuse me can 金舟 be a name? I created it myself
@@thamesp.7158 Of course you can！Sounds like a boy who were born in 90s！
@@kaisun4214 thank you!
因为越南语有很多汉越词，所以越南名词翻译过来中文的容易得很。读也比较像的 :)) btw, 我的中文名字是陈芳草 😁
芳草是一个很棒的名字，在中文的诗词里经常出现
晴川历历汉阳树，芳草萋萋鹦鹉洲~
I've been trying to figure out a name for myself and I think im going to go with 维喜力. My nickname in english is cery so this sounds very close to me lol even though it seems very masculine
The Chinese name I've chosen is 王夏林. Does it sound good? :)
挺好的， 就是王这个姓太普遍了，换个姓也许会更好
@@user-ll2jf1tn6u 明白了. 谢谢.
I think 王夏琳 is better. Though it’s not 100% correct, 林 is often used in boys’ names and 琳 is preferred in girls’ names.
@@zhaoqingxu1131 I'm a guy, how does 刘爱和 (Liú ài hé) sound?
Unreal 4 Good sound like a girl's name 😇
很好的话题！
My wife uses my family name here in the US, so I’ve concluded that, since “Morrison” really can’t turn in into a proper single-character 姓, I would most likely “return the favor,” and use her family name in China, that being 汪 (and no, not 王). So, I’d probably start there...
Heyy I like your surname!!! Its like the surname of my favorite mafia family from my favorite book.
@@weyden7590, which book is that?
@@mr88cet it's Detective Files from Wattpad
In 2000, my colleagues held a mini-conference to give me a Chinese name. They settled on this one: Táng Yù Chúan, 唐喻传. "Messenger of the Emperor," is what they said, which was supposed to be similar to "Herald of Change" which is the meaning of my name. Turns out it also means, "Seasick." depending on the tones. 🤪
I was just talking about this with my friend yesterday!! Thanks for this haha you're like an Instagram ad, you know everything
😂hahaha
Wow, nice. Seems translating Japanese name to Chinese will be challenging because there's a lot of characters sometimes 😂
after some searching and help from a friend of mine I took the name 卢迪诺!
Just seen your channel for the first time, loved the last item and subscribed because it made me laugh. I was given my Chinese name by a female friend in Singapore.
我的中文姓名是方思华。 有三个汉子。我姓方， 叫思华。方思华的发音跟 Francois 的法语名字的发音比较相似。
My name is Anastasia, but one of its short form is Tasia, so i decided to choose 桃霞(táoxiá) as a Chinese one. Thanks for your video🙃
My name used to be 金玉泉 (Jīn Yùquán) and I’ve been told 玉泉 (Yùquán) means something like “beautiful flowing (jade?) spring” (If I’m not mistaken, I believe the first character 玉 (yù) means “jade” 泉 (quán) means “spring” (spring as in like a body of water) and 金 means “gold”
Edit: If anyone knows could u tell me the actual meaning of 玉泉 if I’m not correct? 😅
your understanding of the words 玉 and 泉 individually are both accurate. It is indeed "jade" + "spring (water)", and when 玉泉 is put together, it is a proper chinese name (just that it sounds very old, like a 1950s name in my opinion)
I'm lucky because my given name is short and easy to pronounce in Chinese, and I took my host family's last name when I spent half a year abroad in China, so I'm 张丽娜.
My Chinese name is 若初, which people told me was very fortuitous when I was in China (it comes from the poem 人生若只如初见). However, one of my close friends didn't have the same luck; his Chinese name was 曾小贤, like the character from iApartment. So many of our Chinese teachers burst out laughing when he introduced himself
"若初" is really a classical and beautiful name. It is a good method to get your name from Chinese poems or classics. Chinese era name often comes in this way.
very poetic, good choice
I am deciding between these names (so hard to choose):
林怡然 (Lin Yi Ran)
林靜怡 (Lin Jing Yi)
林靜熙 (Lin Jing Xi)
林畅怡(Lin Chang Yi).
The names are taken from the meaning of my English name - my family name means 'a forest of birch trees' and my given name means 'joy/happiness'! I tried to Google these names to see if there were any... alternative... meanings 😂 They seem to be okay! What do you think?!
Perhaps you could consider 林靜熙. the first one sounds a little strange (it's more of a girlish name while it could possibly be a guy's name too..) second name is too common (Jing Yi is a super common name), the last one - Chang Yi - sounds very old and matured (unless this is what you're looking for), 靜熙 sounds more sweeter, younger and more approachable, in my opinion.
When we were trying to decide our chinese name in the first day of chinese class, I insisted my language partner that I wanted somewhat similar pronunciation to my name, and I also told her that sometimes go by the name "genie". So the birth of 珍妮 have came. But I still dont have a Chinese last name tho.
What is your actual surname?
我的朋友因为我的头发而称我为我最喜欢的水果是菠萝，我的公婆通常称我 。我以为协会很棒。Most people will see jackfruit but the meaning behind it is pineapple honey because of my current hair and they think I am sweet haha new friends always get a laugh when I say my Chinese name :D (Tokio Myers for hair reference)
A native Chinese friend gave me the name "李芮宁" I really like it, what do you think 说说中文?
Can you please suggest a name😅
I'm studying chinese recently and i don't have any chinese native friend😔 please help me
Rida Siddiqui you can ask for help at the app hello talk, there's a lot Chinese could be helpful
@@chen-mq1by thank you soo muchh😊😊
挺好听,也很特别
The yangwei had me😂😂😂😂
So I am from Japan. My name uses kanji (chinese characters used in japanese). Can I just pronounce them chinesely?
Surname is: 島袋 (Shimabukuro in japan)
Given name is: 明 (Akira in Japan)
So my name would be pronounced in chinese as Dǎodài Míng? Would this be okay to do or should I also pick another name?
My boyfriend is from Taiwan and he told me I can just write the name in Zhuyin, like ㄕㄧㄇㄚㄅㄨㄎㄨㄌㄛ•ㄚㄎㄧㄌㄚ [Shimabukulo Akila] and everyone in Taiwan will understand, but I don’t like that a lot, and I also want a chinese name :D By the way I am male, so if you want to help me with my name please take that into conversation :)
I created this one 溯霖, I am not sure is it okay to have the name like this, but I just like to reverse to the best moments of my life and they are connected mostly with the rainy weather 😅☺️
Sounds good, very poetic.
Hi Shuo, thanks a lot for your video, I"m learning Mandarin and I"d like to know if the name that I choose is a good name. Last name: 吴 (Wú) and first name: 灵健 (Líng jiàn). Again, thanks for your help.
Sounds cool!
to clarify Big Bear = Big Va***a,
big bear in Thai = Hmii Yai
Yai = Big
but Hmii is similar to Hii (va*****)
My Chinese name is 安睿轩. I chose 安 because it sounds similar to my real last name, and chose 睿 because it sounds similar to my real first name, and I liked the meaning more than 瑞 which is pronounced the same. I added 轩 because I liked the sound of that character and saw it in quite a few male names that I knew.
don't korean and japanese people automatically have a chinese name?
Wow you created a really nice name! It flows well, and I am glad you didn’t choose 瑞, cuz so many guys who learn Chinese choose 瑞for their names.
Just call me Muchai....It's means word for word as in Swahili and Chinese.....(one tea shrub)=目查一。🤗🤗
Mine is 黄美黎，stole my bf’s surname 哈哈, and he picked 美黎 bc it sounds like my nickname and bc he felt like the meaning reflected my real name
I love to see your videos! Very useful and funny this one!🤗
Thanks for your ideas. I use the Chinese name 高哩, which sounds like my surname "Crowley". But a friend sent me an article about using 3 characters, not 2.. I'm thinking about 岑阔理, which sounds like "Ted Crowley" to me. If I use meaning instead, 田 is close to the meaning of "Crowley", and Theodore ("gift of God") suggests 天礼. But I read that 礼 by itself means "ceremony", not "gift", so that doesn't work. And 天哩 is a word ("justice"). So I'll keep looking. But thanks -- many useful ideas.
礼 as gift is more commonly used, I think this character is okay. 礼 as ceremony is mostly used in ancient Chinese （文言文）。
Probably you should avoid the character 哩, because this word is an onomatopoeia and has not actual meaning. It's like the equivalent of Hmmm or uh-huh so it's kind of wierd.
@@platanus726 Thanks for the good ideas. A friend suggested 天赐 so I'm thinking of using 高天赐. But based on your comment, maybe I should use 高天礼 instead. What do you think?
My Chinese name is 言乔威，which was given to me by my Chinese Professor back when I was a college sophomore. I’m a broadcast communications major, so she went along those lines as well as trying to capture my personality at the time. I hope that the name is legit, I don’t have much problems with pronunciation, but the tones do get a little muddy at times.😅
Years ago, after lots of thought and consideration, I came up with 莉文 as my Chinese name. My Chinese friends kept calling me 莉莉 because this sounds similar to my English name. Later, the 文 character shifted to the front to become a sort of surname. One day, one of my Chinese friends suggested I use 王 as a surname instead. So...now my Chinese name is 王莉莉 which, after googling this name, seems really popular. 😂
Zhēnjiǔ rén Xiu-Yuxi
My last name is butler which means to hold a cup
And then the given is Xiu-Yuxi for graceful moon
When I first decided to look for a Chinese name, I used to joke about it being 刘六 as it sounds similar to how a Chinese mate used to call me, but I know it was silly haha Finally I decided to use 莱昂 since it's the usual direct transliteration of the Spanish word "León" (lion) and my name means "Lion man" in Greek. A good Chinese friend of mine told me she really likes it so I think I chose well! :D
my translated name is "乔伊斯" or "Qiao Yi Si" and the name that i picked myself is "韦秀颖" "Wei Xiu Ying" Wei is my surname, Xiu means elegant & graceful and Ying means smart & intelligent
Woww wei xiu ying A GREAT NAME 💫
最近看太多学英语法语的视频结果油管给我推了这个哈哈哈哈，作为一个中国人看上瘾了哈哈哈哈哈哈哈
哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈我也 我真的好喜欢看这种视频哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈
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The Chinese name that I was given is 何凯文 (Mandarin: He2kai3wen2 Cantonese: Ho4hoi2man4).
何凯文 is a guy's name
@@jimchen5537 I'm a cisgender male.
@@gav1233 Then the name is perfect for you.
@@jimchen5537 Lol Do I look feminine?
@@gav1233 you look good
Great video!
My teacher gave me this name and I love it! 爱明😊
My name is Jasmine so “茉莉花” my mom named me after the flower 🌼
My chinese name is 江伟旭. I don't really know what this name is but I have a Chinese name and my parents were bron into a family of Chinese immigrants to Thailand.
if your friends have two characters in their first names, call them just using first names
Wouldn’t it be rude to just use their first name? Is this only if you’re close?
@@humansponge5130 No, if they are your friends of similar age, no need to be very close, you can use the first names. If they only have one character in first name, then use full name.
Is 田罕娜 a good name? 田 has a similar meaning to my English family name and 罕娜 is just the transliteration of my given name. Does it sound pretty? Do the characters look nice together? Does it sound like something else that means something awful? All help is appreciated.
Sounds like a good idea, this name literally means "rare beauty", but what is your English name to begin with? Something like Hannah Field, I guess...
@@ruyfernandez Thank you for the response, Ruy! Yes, it is something very like Hannah Field 😊😉
@@hf8996 however note that the meaning of the name "Hannah" (if that's your given name) is known : it means "grace, kindness" in Hebrew. So you could also chose to translate it with 恩 (pronounced en1), which has more or less the same meaning as well as a similar sound (you can add 娜 after it for a better phonetic approximation). There is also 惠 (hui4) with a similar meaning.
@@ruyfernandez Thank you! I will investigate those! Hannah is my given name ☺️
I asked a few people already if 桂英 is a good name, but I wanted to check again! It's got a similar meaning to my English name (Laura, which comes from the laurel tree) and the second character reflects my country (England) and my personality. Does it sound outdated though? I've heard it was a popular name in the 1960s....
In ancient China,there was a female general named 穆桂英， and there’s countless of literature and plays based on her life experiences. You probably can’t find a man that has not heard the name before. Truly a great name.
老师的视频很都意思!!!:")超喜欢!!然后，也希望未来能够找到我喜欢做的工作，跟您一样。😍 哦对了，祝您教师节快乐!!不好意思迟到了几天。🤭
梁新英........ This is my new chinese name.
Thank you so much for sharing this video, it’s really helpful for a foreigner like me planning on writing or making a story based on fictional Chinese characters! I really admire Chinese culture, so lovely and fascinating ^^ But I do have a a question though, the names that I’ve created for my fictional characters is are Tai Yì (He’s the older brother) and Tai Huô (The younger brother) It’d be really nice to get some help since I barely know Chinese “:) Thank you again for this video! ^^
In school, I had to choose a Chinese name and I chose 陶贤. I decided on 贤 because it had the same meaning as my original name but I never asked anybody about it before 😂
贤 sounds cool. It sounds like you are a saint
@@platanus726 aww thank you :)
What is the best character meaning for a name styled like this:
Xin Di Ye
Xin Di Yi
Thanks
I was thinking of having 安小希 as my Chinese name, does that sound ok?
Roxana Ci simple good name~ this name sounds like you are a cute, kind girl
@@amyfeng3040 thank you!!
Roxana Ci Have you ever seen the drama A love so beautiful? The heroine's name is 陈小希
@@cchen6522 Haha I actually began watching the series last week, was surprised to see the name there!
like a social internet name in China, but it's cute, like a little girl.
When I used to teach Chinese students I went by 福乐岂 (Lucky)， but with acquaintances I started using 福耐仙 (Nathan). I'm open to critique on either or both.
Thanks
福乐仙
I am struggling to pick a Chinese name as I have no one to ask for confirmation or give me a better cultural understanding of the name. I like the idea of a two-syllable name because I like a minimalist approach, if that makes sense. I don't want to over-complicate the name that I pick so as to create more issues for myself. I picked the last name 谢 (Xiè) because it is similar in pronunciation to my last name and I like that it means "thank" (I try to practice gratitude consistently). Being a trans guy, I fear that I will pick a name that will make people misgender me, so I am going to ask for help on here. My name is Farran (meaning iron grey) and I would like a meaning that is nature-based? Would anyone have any ideas?
My Taiwanese friend gave me the name 方艾琳 which I really like! It's close to my real name's pronunciation. Does it sound good?😆
我的名字叫 "江丽娜"， 我的弟弟叫"江周汉"， 我的小弟弟叫 "江勇明"
What would mine be? My name Eric means a ruler forever and my last name Paul means humble and the human traits I hold dearest are love and empathy. I tried looking up ones that would be similar but can't find anything.
In China I used 星星 just cause its the translation of my name😂 but it doesn't sound like an actual name at all....
Ssssup You I have a brother with name 李星星😆
it's a actual name,and cool~.
How is “Yijun Wan” if going for gentle and joy?
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I am so sorry nobody told you after the first time you said your name.
Your English skill is very great. Where did you learn it from? Can you make a content of how do some difficult characters of Chinese dirived from. I really eager to know much about them to make me easier to understand.
i’m a bit confused.. if i choose myself a “chinese name”, am i supposed to use it while speaking? or is it just for fun? i don’t know when i’d use it.
Honey. It’s up to you, Chinese people usually don’t quite care if you have a Chinese name, but we will feel happy if you have one. I think it’s more proper to tell your friends your name in your mother tongue and your Chinese name at the same time. “我叫……，我的中文名是……。”
you can use your Chinese name in Chinese class, or when you want to make Chinese friends or hang out with your Chinese friends, it's a good idea to use Chinese name, which can make you guys get closer.
A random name ah.. interesting. i just thought it would be a little weird giving yourself a completely different name,, but thanks for telling me :)
Honey. I’m having the same concern as a Chinese to live in western countries
River Du oh? well honestly you can just use your real name. but if you wanna give yourself an easier name for others to know, then that’s cool too :)
Hey, I know I'm late, but I need your help 老师.
My chinese name is 吴依然. The surname is taken by my original one. My friend helped me chose the name(we researched together), but I'm scared that english speakers could think it sound like Iran(the country). I really need another opinion too😭
i recently read a book where a character was called "jia yu". i think this name looks very beautiful and i was wondering which characters you could use to write it and what it would mean :)
i hope this is not a stupid question, i don't really learn chinese so i don't know much about the characters and i couldn't find anything on google ^^°
"佳玉" : normal
"佳钰" "嘉钰" : sounds great , girl's name.
"佳煜" "嘉煜" : sounds great , boy's name.
"佳" and "嘉" both mean good, but I suggest you choose "嘉", it's more fashion.
"钰" means treasure.
"煜" means flame, shine.
If you are a boy choose "嘉煜", otherwise, choose "嘉钰", both are very fashioned name.
Because I like to read novels, I chose 文淼 wen miao as my Chinese name.
How is it really sounds for Chinese speakers?
its good
Your name said gay rights 🐻🏳️🌈
My Mandarin teacher chose 施悦琳 for me. It might work well when used in a Mandarin environment. However, my boyfriend's family is from Guangdong and my original name pronounced in Cantonese sounds very weird/rural/old-fashioned. So I had to change my Chinese name to 施媛怡.
And your new name sounds very Cantonese 😄😄😄
i chose 大熊 as my given name since I'm quite large and hairy, and people often call me a bear haha
我的 中文 名字是 官恩 > It sounds like my English name. Hopefully it sounds ok. I always respond when someone shouts it! 😂
我的老师叫我 ：
“安辰”. 这个名字怎么样？她没给我姓。我们有必要有姓？
你如果说"安辰"，人们自觉会认为"安"是姓，所以需不需要姓看个人
一般来说，如果名只有一个字，大家一般称呼他会加上姓；如果名有两个字，一般就会称呼名；如果名有三个字，一般会称呼名的后两个字，因为名的第一个字很有可能是母姓(类似英文里的middle name这样)
“安”可以当做姓
这个名字挺好听的
刘诗婷, my chinese name. 😊
好听！
我已经有中国名字，但是我不喜欢还有还不了。所以我没有还名字。哈哈哈我的语法应该很复杂，我的中文也不那么好。
I chose Jiang ying yue means : reflection of the moon on the river
我觉得您的教学非常相关也我喜欢您的幽默。 事实上“信息和情感（ 幽默 ）= 记忆。老师谢谢你的帮助
I think I chose my name, its 梅花 which i think means plum blossom。
my language exchange friend asked if he could give me a chinese name and I said yes. then he gave me the same last name as his lol
I just want a name that has a beautiful meaning behind it...if possible, something that has "rain" in it..
Sadly the "meaning" section of the Wikipedia page got removed just a couple of days after the release of this video, you can still find the old list if you search through the archives, but there is no simple one-click way of doing it
I've kept mine as Wang Tian You
Meaning: Blessed by god king