New Members 黑兔子 Posted April 5, 2011 at 04:33 AM New Members Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 at 04:33 AM 大家好！ 因为这是我第一的帖子所以我想给你们自我介绍一下可是有一个小问题。我学了普通话三年了左右。因为我没有国语老师所以我一个人学习。如果你们不介意的话请帮我一个忙。我听说中文老师常常帮助他们的学生选择一个适合的名字。说不定你们可以做如我的老师！ 我已经选择了一个名字但是我不知道要是它好不好。我倒觉得选择一个名字特别重要的事情所以我想我名字不但会表明我个性而且它也应该像一个真的中国的。 That said, the name that I'm tentatively considering is 聞智慕觉. My reasoning is as follows: 聞 - a common Chinese surname that is phonetically similar to my birth name; with the meaning "to hear," I like the general sense it gives to the whole name (but I'm also considering 文 because of the linguistic and cultural connotations) 智 - indicative of the value I place on knowledge/wisdom; phonetically similar to part of my name 慕 - mostly for its meaning ("yearning for/admiration of") in conjunction with the following character; phonetically identical to 木 which is significant because I was born in the year of the Rabbit 觉 - I'm Buddhist/Taoist, so I like the idea of "awakening" or "enlightenment." 有另外一个道理可是忘记了！ I think it had something to do with The Earthly Branches or Heavenly Stems... 要是我可以记得我就EDIT。 I know that four-character names are not as common as three-character ones, but I really fell in love with the meaning I tried to construct: 聞智慕觉 -- "hearing wisdom, yearning for awakening." I would go by just 慕觉. 总之请让我知道你们的意见。谢谢！ Also, please let me know of the grammatical/usage mistakes in my post. Any and all corrections/comments/suggestions are welcome! In your response, simple Chinese is preferred, preferably with a rough English translation of the post for clarity. English-only is fine too if you don't feel like writing both. Thanks so much in advance! 如果我写了不清楚请问我诂。 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted April 5, 2011 at 03:25 PM Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 at 03:25 PM 聞 as a surname is ok. There was a famous Chinese writer/poet called 聞一多. If you want the name to sound Chinese I suggest you drop one character. A single-character surname plus a three-character given name just sounds foreign (not that they don't exist, I have the impression of having come across such names but most probably the given name is a transliteration of a christian name like 王史堤芬). Perhaps you could consider 聞智悟. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members 黑兔子 Posted April 5, 2011 at 06:10 PM Author New Members Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 at 06:10 PM I meant, 我学了普通话三个月了左右, not years. Pardon the typo! Is there any way to edit posts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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