Treece Posted January 16, 2010 at 06:12 PM Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 at 06:12 PM I mean I suppose I could always go back and ask my teacher, but it's saturday now. And this is more fun. Lol My teacher gave me the chinese name: gē shān I've been trying to figure out what it means. I didn't not write down the chinese word because he was kind of hurrying... So if there's more than one definition you can let me know? He said something about "shān" meaning a girls name... And chinese-tools says it means " the relationship between siblings of different mothers" In which case... that's not much of a name is it? lol. Any help is welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrix Posted January 17, 2010 at 12:49 PM Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 at 12:49 PM it's impossible to tell the meaning without knowing the characters... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrisPal Posted January 18, 2010 at 06:18 AM Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 at 06:18 AM Maybe 葛姗(ge3shan1),or 戈姗（ge1shan1),the 姗 is realy common charactar in agirl`s name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted January 18, 2010 at 12:38 PM Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 at 12:38 PM If the first character is a surname and the tone is right, it should be 戈, and it is an ancient type of spear. But you shouldn't interpret too much meaning into surnames. Shan is probably 姗, like ChrisPal says. But it's impossible to know without seeing the characters. For all we know, it could be 鬲山 or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbradfor Posted January 18, 2010 at 05:20 PM Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 at 05:20 PM BTW, if you're wondering why people are so uncertain: According to MDBG, there are 16 characters pronounced ge1: http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=worddict&wdrst=1&wdqb=ge1 . And there are 20 with shan1: http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=worddict&wdrst=1&wdqb=p%3Ashan1 . So while some of those we can probably guess is not your name (e.g. 羶, unless your teacher hates you), it's just guessing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trien27 Posted February 2, 2010 at 05:00 AM Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 at 05:00 AM (edited) Maybe 葛姗(ge3shan1),or 戈姗（ge1shan1),the 姗 is realy common charactar in agirl`s name. 姗 is NOT a common female name, but 珊, shān is. 珊 is from 珊瑚 shānhú meaning "coral(s)" My teacher gave me the chinese name: gē shān 葛 or 戈 might be derived from your last name's first syllable [if when you're not Chinese]? Your teacher would have no reason to "give you a name" if you're already Chinese [both parents are Chinese] or have one parent who's Chinese. I don't think that 姗 is uncommon, for example: 林姗 The link says "林姗" is her stage name. Which is not her real name. Therefore it's not reliable as a common name. 姗, with the meanings of "slander", "ridicule" & "go slowly" is not common for Chinese parents to name their child this. 姗 seems to be a phonetic alternate to "珊" and most of them are from China, also there's some links to Hong Kong & Taiwan. Note: Some websites incorrectly used Hong Kong actress's name 李珊珊 and altered it to 李姗姗 !!! Edited February 6, 2010 at 09:23 PM by trien27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted February 2, 2010 at 10:55 PM Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 at 10:55 PM I don't think that 姗 is uncommon, for example: 林姗 But 珊 is also popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doraemon Posted February 12, 2010 at 05:58 AM Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 at 05:58 AM 姗 is NOT a common female name, but 珊, shānis. 珊 is from 珊瑚 shānhú meaning "coral(s)" I completely agree. I think this 珊 is the one girls are meant to have in their names. I mean, doesn't this 姗 only appear in the phrase "姗姗来迟" which has negative connotations? It bothers me when I see the first one being mistakenly typed as the second one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted February 12, 2010 at 10:20 AM Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 at 10:20 AM I agree that 珊 is more popular in names. But then I remember I had a classmate whose name is 姗姗. Perhaps she was born postmature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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