Translation of names

[skybluesk]

Hi there,

I am trying to get these names translated into simple Chinese characters, please help! Thanks! (All the names are female)

1)Wang Rui Bao

2)Wang Hui ning

3)Wang Hui yUe

4)Wang Zhi ning

Thanks so much!!

[SiMaKe]

These all seem to be real names, but I don't know how popular or unusual some might be. There are also other character choices for some these as well.

1)Wang Rui Bao 王瑞寶

2)Wang Hui Ning 王惠寧

3)Wang Hui Yue 王惠悅

4)Wang Zhi Ning 王芝寧

[skybluesk]

Thank you so much! Yes, these are real names I got off a name translation site, but it would only give me the chracters as pictures, but I need them as text. Apologies, I should have put the meanings in - are these the same meanings you have given me?

1)Wang Rui (sharp) Bao (treasure, jewel, precious, rare) 王瑞寶

2)Wang Hui (bright, intelligence) Ning (serenity, peace)王惠寧

3)Wang Hui Yue (Pleased, joy) 王惠悅

4)Wang Zhi (wsidom, knowledge,intelligence) Ning 王芝寧

Thanks so much! Much appreciated!

[doraemon]

I've always thought that the 'hui' for 'wisdom' should be 慧 not 惠？

[Hofmann]

Rui is probably 銳.

Hui is probably 慧.

Zhi is probably 智.

[skybluesk]

Great! Thanks so much!!!

[skylee]

Wang could also be 汪...

skybluesk, if you have the pictures of the chinese characters you can attach them here (click the Attach Files button below the post box of the full editor version). The would be helpful.

[rivercao]

zhi could be 志 or 之 as well, so if you can upload the pictures, I would soon figure out what these characters are.

[skybluesk]

Oh! Sorry, I didn't know I could add pictures (sorry about that!0! But the characters you guys have given me look exactly the same as the ones in my pictures, so you guys have been a big help! Thanks SO much! But just for interests sakes -whats the difference between 汪 and 王 in a name? Do they mean something different?

[renzhe]

They are different surnames. They are pronounced differently (different tone) and mean different things:

http://www.nciku.com/search/zh/detail/汪/1315730

http://www.nciku.com/search/zh/detail/王/1315737

When used as a surname, though, both of them are simply surnames. Like Smith does not mean that somebody is a smith, etc. It's surname Wāng and surname Wáng.

[skybluesk]

OK, great, thanks! Those names I mentioned above are all surnames - people from the same family. So I guess I could choose either character. Thanks again! You have all been such a great help!

[doraemon]

Oh yeah, can't 'rui' also be either 睿 or 蕊? There are lots of girls with one of these two words in their names.

[SiMaKe]

@skybluesk

1)Wang Rui (sharp) Bao (treasure, jewel, precious, rare) 王瑞寶

2)Wang Hui (bright, intelligence) Ning (serenity, peace)王惠寧

3)Wang Hui Yue (Pleased, joy) 王惠悅

4)Wang Zhi (wsidom, knowledge,intelligence) Ning 王芝寧

I need to clarify a bit. With the additional information you provided, other character choices are more likely. For example, now that you gave "sharp" for "rui", the more likely character is 銳 as Hofmann points out. The character I provided, 瑞, means auspicious. For Hui, 慧 is probably the character you are looking for as 惠 means kindness, blessing. Similarly 智 is wisdom while 芝 can be used to suggest royalty.

As I said, what I provided are, in fact, names of real people. Apparently just not the names of "your" real people. As you can see, the particular characters used can be different and will mean different things even though they have the same pinyin representation (pronunciation).

Since these are "complicated" characters (lots of little strokes) and thus difficult to see, once you post the pictures hopefully we'll be able to confirm the choices.

[skybluesk]

Hi, thank you so much for clarifying!! Yes, you are absolutely right with the characters that you have suggested. I enlarged the text and I enlarged my pics and they are exactly the same. Thank you so much again for all the trouble! I really appreciate it!

[OneEye]

OK, great, thanks! Those names I mentioned above are all surnames - people from the same family. So I guess I could choose either character. Thanks again! You have all been such a great help!

No, you can't. They are different names, and pronounced differently. Unless this is a fictional family you've made up, you can't just pick either character, any more than I could say that the last president of the US was George W. Busshe. It just doesn't work that way.

[skybluesk]

Sorry, I wasn't clear - these are fictional names for real people. Thanks again everyone!