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Pregnancy Series 7: Choosing a Name for the Baby

Pregnancy Series 7: Choosing a Name for the Baby
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ID: 1186 Upper Intermediate
Many Chinese believe that a baby's name affects its destiny. Today's Mandarin podcast will teach you how to agonize over the subtleties and hidden traps of choosing an appropriate Chinese name for your little bundle of joy.
Jenny , John
Pregnancy Series 7: Choosing a Name for the Baby
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生辰八字 shēngchénbāzì the birth-date characters used in fortune telling
迷信 míxìn superstition
算命 suànmìng fortune-telling
俗 sú vulgar, common
老公孩子的名字我们自己起吧不要让你妈算什么生辰八字又迷信又难听
lǎogōng 老公háizi 孩子de 的míngzi 名字wǒmén zìjǐ 我们自己qǐ 起ba 吧bù yào 不要ràng 让nǐ 你mā 妈calculate 算shénme 什么shēngchénbāzì 生辰八字yòu 又míxìn 迷信yòu 又nántīng 难听
Darling, let's think of a name for the baby by ourselves. Let's not have your mom look at the eight characters that express the baby's birth. It's superstitious, and the names sound bad.
你别激动小心吓坏了宝宝
nǐ 你bié 别jīdòng 激动xiǎoxīn 小心xià 吓huài 坏le 了bǎobao 宝宝
Don't get excited-- don't scare little precious.
她今天拿了一张纸给我都是找人算命起的名字你自己看什么李金鹏李金涛俗不俗啊现在哪有小孩叫这种名字说出去还不被人笑死
tā 她jīntiān 今天ná 拿le 了yī 一zhāng 张zhǐ 纸gěi 给wǒ 我dōu 都shì 是zhǎo 找rén 人suànmìng 算命qǐ 起de 的míngzi 名字nǐzìjǐ 你自己kàn 看shénme 什么Lǐ Jīnpéng 李金鹏Lǐ Jīntāo 李金涛sú 俗bù sú 不俗ā 啊xiànzài 现在nǎyǒu 哪有xiǎohái 小孩jiào 叫zhèzhǒng 这种míngzi 名字shuō chūqù 说出去hái 还bù 不bèi 被rén 人xiào 笑sǐ 死
She gave me a piece of paper today. It had a bunch of names that she got from fortune-tellers. Look for yourself-- there's stuff like ''Li Jinpeng," ''Li Jintao"-- are those common or what? What kind of kids have names like that these days? You couldn't say them without people laughing.
妈也是一片好心嘛我回头跟她说说名字还是由我们来决定对了你那时候不是说叫孩子李于吗我觉得挺好我们俩的姓放在一起而且男女都能用
mā 妈yě shì 也是yīpiànhǎoxīn 一片好心ma 嘛wǒ 我huítóu 回头gēn 跟tā 她shuō shuo 说说míngzi 名字hái shì 还是yóu 由wǒmen 我们lái 来juédìng 决定duìle 对了nǐ 你nà shíhou 那时候bù 不shì 是shuō 说jiào 叫háizi 孩子lǐyú 李于ma 吗wǒ 我juéde 觉得tǐng hǎo 挺好wǒmen liǎ 我们俩de 的xìng 姓fàng 放zài 在yīqǐ 一起érqiě 而且nánnǚ 男女dōu 都néng 能yòng 用
She has good intentions. I'll talk it over with her in a bit-- the name should be chosen by us. Oh, right-- didn't you say one time that you wanted to call the baby ''Li Yu?" I think that's a great name. It combines both of our surnames. And it would fit a boy or a girl.
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