To be quite honest, I've never really checked what my given names meant, and only idly wondered a few times when I have been asked.
So...
许 xǔ
English Definition:
1.to allow
2.to promise
3.to praise
4.perhaps
佩 pèi
English Definition:
1.to wear
2.admiration
3.jade pendants
怡 yí
English Definition:
1.happy; cheerful; joyful
2.harmony
Source: http://www.ourchinese.org/
What does it translate to then?
"To promise admirable joy" ??
"A promise of joy" ?
(Since I'm *wearing* it and all that)
*tah hah hah hah hah*
Okay well, not quite.
I like the whole "wearing" and "owning" being joyous. And peaceful.
Its a good name, I now know.
Me mommy and daddy wants me to be happy.
Awwwww.
1 comment:
Eh love this post lor. Love how deep Chinese names can get.
This is mine:
林 (lin)= forest, grove, thicket, wood
方(fang) = square, a direction, short for a cubic meter,one of several sides or parties
胜 (sheng) = to win, to trump, a victory, a success to outshine, to surpass, a place of natural beauty
So what does it mean??
I'm a forest that shows a direction to success?
I'm a wooden square that's a place of natural beauty?
Haha. Though i love the character for Shean lor, it just is so powerful! RAWR
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