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rarefruit
Posted on: Choosing a Chinese Name and Safety
June 24, 2008, 08:59 PMHello again,
I forgot to ask one other favor. When you pick the other two names would also give me the meanings like you did last time. That was very meaningful and greatly appreciated,
Thank you,
裴凱達
Posted on: Choosing a Chinese Name and Safety
June 20, 2008, 05:48 AMHi Lujiaojie,
A while back you helped me with 3 Chinese names for some friends of my son. Well their other two brothers would like Chinese names also. The names you picked so far are boy's name : 高 云龙 Gāo Yúnlóng 高 云飞 Gāo Yúnfēi and girl's name : 高 云溪 Gāo Yúnxī. I need two more boy names one aged 9 first name Brennen and the other boy age 5 first name Jarom. Again they are all the same family so we can still use Gāo Yún.
Thank you,
裴凱達
Posted on: Choosing a Chinese Name and Safety
April 22, 2008, 01:56 PMThanks lujiaojie the kids love their names. Just so I don't make a mistake in translation, can you tell us what the meanings are for each of their names. Thanks again, alex, caillou, brookly, josh, dallin
Posted on: Choosing a Chinese Name and Safety
April 18, 2008, 11:44 PMWell I thought the Gao was really cute but not so sure about the kids. Could I have maybe a two more options for a surname just incase. I want them to be as excited as my son is about his name so if they had a choice the three of them could agree on for the sam surname then I think they would claim ownership of the name and thus be more involved. Thank you, alex (rarefruit)
Posted on: Choosing a Chinese Name and Safety
April 18, 2008, 09:12 PMHi Lujiaojie, Love the names you picked. Can you tell me what meaning if any they have. Thanks, alex
Posted on: Adventures in Chinese Learning
April 16, 2008, 03:24 PMAmber, Do you have any opinions about learning traditional or simplified writing. I took a course a couple of years ago and the instructor strongly recommended that we learn both. At the time it was manageable in a classroom setting but the class was cancelled after one semester and I am learning on my own using ChinesePod. I have been doing my best to continue to learn both but finding it very laborious. For someone that only gets to speak and read Chinese with those here in the U.S. would you suggest still trying to learn both or would I best be suited to just concentrate on simplified. When I took the class it was advertised as simplified only but the instructor said that traditional is still so widely used especially if you go to China and especially Taiwan that I learned does not use simplified at all. Anyway I don't think I will ever have the opportunity to visit China but I am serious about learning the language and I value your opinion and the staff their at Chinese Pod and was wondering what you think.
Posted on: Choosing a Chinese Name and Safety
April 16, 2008, 03:04 PMHi Amber, Was wondering if you had any ideas for a Chinese name for a couple of my sons friends. I took a Chinese language class a couple of years ago and my son who at the time was 4 years old would come with me and the instructor gave us both Chinese names. Mine is 裴凱達 (pei2kai3da2) and my sons is 裴凱育 (pei2kai3yu4). Well the class was cancelled after one semester due to lack of funds and we have both been continuing our lessons exclusively through Chinese Pod. Anyway my son has been sharing his new language with a couple of friends and they have asked me to help them get Chinese names too. Well as discussed through out this discussion it isn't as easy as it looks. Seems you either try to find names that sound like the English name which probably aren't names at all and would more than likely not make since. Or try to pick a name that reflects your personality or interest like the Native American people did when they gave Kevin Costner the name "Dances with Wolves" in the movie of the same name. I am sure that one of my sons friends would love to have the name "Fire Dragon" or something similar but don't think that is a common Chinese name. So I have tried on my own to pick names for his friends to no avail. Amber would you or any of the staff have any suggestions for us. We would like less common unique names but still names that would be considered traditional Chinese names. The kids last names are Gardner and the first names are Dallin (boy age 13), Joshua (boy age 11), Brookly (girl age 7).
Posted on: Choosing a Chinese Name and Safety
June 25, 2008, 01:57 PMThank you,
You don't know how helpful you have been.
Can you tell us if the characters in the names are traditional or simplified?
We were also wondering if you have an opinion on which is best to learn, traditional or simplified. The instructor I had really felt that it was important to learn both and it didn't seem so hard in the classroom. However now that the class has been cancelled and I have to learn on my own I am wondering if it would be smarter for me to only concentrate on one. I don't know if I would ever have the opportunity to visit China so for now the only place I get to practice speaking, reading and writing my Chinese is with others here in the USA.
What do you think?
Gratefully,
裴凱達