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姓名学 Nomenclature

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取名字对每个迎接新生儿的家庭来说都是一件值得反复讨论的大事，中国人取名字除了反映父母的期望之外，还有哪些方方面面的讲究呢？赶快来了解一下。 Photo by Sarah Joy
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咨询 zīxún consultation
起名字 qǐ míngzì to create a name
栏目 lánmù column; special report
遵循 zūnxún to abide by
最近接到不少听众朋友打电话来咨询给二胎宝宝起名字的问题今天栏目中我们就来简单聊一聊取名字的那些事儿
zuìjìn 最近jiēdào 接到bùshǎo 不少tīngzhòng 听众péngyou 朋友dǎ diànhuà 打电话lái 来zīxún 咨询gěi 给èrtāi 二胎bǎobao 宝宝qǐ míngzì 起名字de 的wèntí 问题jīntiān 今天lánmù 栏目zhōng 中wǒmen 我们jiù 就lái 来jiǎndān 简单liáoyīliáo 聊一聊qǔ 取míngzi 名字de 的nàxiē 那些shìr 事儿
Recently I've received a lot of calls from listeners asking about how to name their 2 kids. In this column let's have a simple discussion of naming issues.
其实不管是不是二胎宝宝按照起名字的传统我们一般都遵循几个简单易行的规则
qíshí 其实bùguǎn 不管shìbushì 是不是èrtāi 二胎bǎobao 宝宝ànzhào 按照qǐ míngzì 起名字de 的chuántǒng 传统wǒmen 我们yībān 一般dōu 都zūnxún 遵循jǐ ge 几个jiǎndān 简单yìxíng 易行de 的guīzé 规则
Actually, whether or not it is two kids, according the naming tradition, we normally follow a few simple, straight-forward rules.
首先是遵照八字与五行的搭配简单的说五行有金木水火土如果八字中缺了某种元素就在名字中帮忙补齐
shǒuxiān 首先shì 是zūnzhào 遵照bāzì 八字yǔ 与wǔxíng 五行de 的dāpèi 搭配jiǎndān 简单de 的shuō 说wǔxíng 五行yǒu 有jīn 金mù 木shuǐ 水huǒ 火tǔ 土rúguǒ 如果bāzì 八字zhōng 中quē 缺le 了mǒuzhǒng 某种yuánsù 元素jiù 就zài 在míngzi 名字zhōng 中bāngmáng 帮忙bǔ 补qí 齐
First is to match it to the birth date characters and the five phases. Simply speaking, the five phases are metal, wood, water, fire and earth, if among the birth date characters a particular element is missing, this will be compensated for in the characters of the name.
比如五行缺水起名为淼五行缺土起名为垚五行缺金起名为鑫五行缺木起名为森五行缺火起名为炎
bǐrú 比如wǔxíng 五行quēshuǐ 缺水qǐmíng 起名wèi 为miǎo 淼wǔxíng 五行quē 缺tǔ 土qǐmíng 起名wèi 为yáo 垚wǔxíng 五行quē 缺jīn 金qǐmíng 起名wèi 为xīn 鑫wǔxíng 五行quē 缺mù 木qǐmíng 起名wèi 为sēn 森wǔxíng 五行quē 缺huǒ 火qǐmíng 起名wèi 为yán 炎
For example, if, among the five phases, there's a lack of water, you can use the character "淼", meaning "flood" in the name, as it is composed of three water radicals; if, among the five phases, earth is lacking, you can use the character "垚" meaning "embankment", as it is composed of three earth radicals; if, among the five phases, metal is lacking, you can use the character "鑫" meaning "prosperity", as it is composed of three metal radicals; if, among the five phases, wood is lacking, you can use the character "森" meaning "forest", as it is composed of three wood radicals; if, among the five phases, fire is lacking, you can use the character "炎" meaning "flame", as it is composed of two fire radicals.
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