Real world samples

bodawei

This is by two native Chinese. 1. at the top is a name - you should be able to guess both the sex and age range approximately, from the name.

2. A friend jotted directions for a restaurant - this is a very typical format for an address, A .. near .. B.

zhenlijiang

Is the second char in the person's given name 国? I wonder if the first char is 立?　同年代的男人之间“建国”这个名字也很多，对不对。

zhenlijiang

香格里拉 The restaurant is Shangri-la, the place on 近华浦路 Jin Hua Pu Road that 风情宫 looks like a palace, ?? 大酒店旁边 right by the ??--aiyo what's that first char-- Hotel? If that 香 were standing alone I would never be able to read it.

bodawei

'同年代的男人之间“建国”这个名字也很多'

正确的。。 聪明得很。 立国是建国的意思。 男的，出生六十，七十年代。

bodawei

Right on, zhenlijiang (I have a feeling I won't be getting anything past you).

风情宫 is the name of the restaurant - it is 香格里拉菜 - my pinyin notation at the bottom almost gives it away， it is also referred to as 西藏的。

zhenlijiang

Hi Bodawei what's the hotel name?

Oh and why did I think these men named 立国 and 建国 or some other names with the 国 character were a bit older than me? More like 出生于1950年代? Am I thinking of something else?

bodawei

I can't crack that character either - I think I know what it is (from checking it against how she writes 酒in 酒店) - it comes up in the radical side of my electronic dictionary but I can't find it I'll in the regular dictionary. i'll try to find out.

You would think that men with those name would be older - but from my limited experience it was still popular much later; men as young now as mid-40s.

bababardwan

易们大酒店

bababardwan

看起来这个大酒店是在西山区和盘龙区之间，从昆明机场往西北七八公里，对吧？

bababardwan

易门县的易门

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bodawei

This one is to demonstrate the natural cursive style - the name is 'translated' in block characters below the natural version.

zhenlijiang

这个很酷。 Now that I think about it I never cursivify the 真 to that extent, and it's interesting to see an example of it being done.

bodawei

Yeah, 很curvy. :) 女的，台湾人。 出生五十，六十年代。

zhenlijiang

Anyone else under the impression that 真/眞 is more frequently seen in people's names in Taiwan than both the mainland and HK? If so does anyone know of a reason why that may be? It is very frequently seen in Japanese names male and female as well as surnames, has at least four different frequent readings. I think it's also frequently used in Korean people's names.

bodawei

Haha, you're right. Actually the worst I have seen was posted by a Western male employer - a notice posted in a public place said that the job would go to a pretty young Chinese woman.