leung87 Posted October 10, 2009 at 08:08 AM Report Posted October 10, 2009 at 08:08 AM Hi, My father gave me a chinese name (which is his sisters name), but being from a poor family therefore lack of education, he doesn't remember the actual chinese characters to form my name. All I know is it's cantonese and sounds like "Lai Jun" or "Lei Jun". If someone could please help me out - I have asked a few chinese friends, but they are not familiar with the words or my pronounciation. Thanks all, Jan Quote
James Johnston Posted October 10, 2009 at 09:32 AM Report Posted October 10, 2009 at 09:32 AM (edited) The first part Lai or Lei could be the character 黎 or 梨 depending on exactly how it is pronounced. Edited October 10, 2009 at 09:36 AM by James Johnston typo Quote
James Johnston Posted October 10, 2009 at 09:42 AM Report Posted October 10, 2009 at 09:42 AM (edited) 利 and 賴 are also possible for the first part. If you showed the characters to your father would he be able to remember? Edited October 10, 2009 at 10:10 AM by James Johnston Quote
James Johnston Posted October 10, 2009 at 10:07 AM Report Posted October 10, 2009 at 10:07 AM The second part could well be 春. The problem is that you are just guessing how to write the sound using the Roman alphabet and this is obviously not very reliable. As you probably know, many Chinese characters have similar sounds. 黎春，梨春，利春 and 賴春 are all very plausible Chinese names, but there must be many other possibilities. Quote
Hofmann Posted October 10, 2009 at 10:20 AM Report Posted October 10, 2009 at 10:20 AM It can be narrowed down if you know what it means. Quote
James Johnston Posted October 10, 2009 at 10:31 AM Report Posted October 10, 2009 at 10:31 AM Also, it's just occurred to me that when you say Lai/Lei Jun is a Chinese name do you mean a complete name with family name and personal name or is it just a personal name? I've just noticed that your user name is Leung and presumably your Dad's sister's family name is the same. In this case Lai/Lei are unlikely to be family names and my suggestions are probably wrong. Quote
leung87 Posted October 10, 2009 at 11:01 AM Author Report Posted October 10, 2009 at 11:01 AM Thanks for the replies! 利 looks familar, as the first part. Yes, Leung is my family name, so I can assume it would be 梁利春 ? Sorry, I don't think there is a meaning to the name - I can ask. Does that look like a name? Thanks again.... Quote
leung87 Posted October 10, 2009 at 11:21 AM Author Report Posted October 10, 2009 at 11:21 AM The only translation I can find is from this website http://us1.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=chardict&cdcanoce=0&cdqchi=%E6%A2%81%E5%88%A9%E6%98%A5 利春 profitable spring/wanton But it looks like literal translation of each character Quote
James Johnston Posted October 10, 2009 at 12:07 PM Report Posted October 10, 2009 at 12:07 PM It certainly could be a name, but whether or not it's your name I simply can't say. It's meaning is something like beneficial + Spring (as in the season). It has nothing to do with wanton. Quote
skylee Posted October 10, 2009 at 02:08 PM Report Posted October 10, 2009 at 02:08 PM Could it be 麗珍 (beautiful treasure)? It is prounounced Lai Zan (rhymes with "fun") in Cantonese. It is a common name. The female lead of many films of famous director Wong Kar-wai is called 麗珍. 1 Quote
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