Cristy26 Posted January 31, 2014 at 02:32 AM Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 at 02:32 AM Hi. A few years back a very nice Chinese girl helped me come up with my Chinese name for a class. Ai Zai An. At the time I only focused on how pretty it sounded and not the characters. I only remember that Ai was love 爱. Now I'm starting a new class and I want to use this name again. I realize now how important characters are. Any idea what Zai An might be? I have that Zai was second tone but I'm not 100% sure on that. Thank you soooooo much. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
li3wei1 Posted January 31, 2014 at 07:23 AM Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 at 07:23 AM Are you male or female, and is the 爱 the surname, or the first part of the given name? I believe 爱 is a fairly rare surname. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted January 31, 2014 at 10:47 AM Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 at 10:47 AM Also, might she have been trying to incorporate your given name in the meaning or sound of the Chinese? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristy26 Posted January 31, 2014 at 06:11 PM Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 at 06:11 PM I'm female. I don't believe that we got into surname and given name. But that might have been her intention for 爱. I do remember that Zai An had one meaning. When she described it - it for me perfectly. It had nothing to do with sounding out my English name. It just so happened my grandmothers name was An and with the first character being 爱 it was soooo perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristy26 Posted January 31, 2014 at 07:28 PM Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 at 07:28 PM Do these two characters combined mean anything ?再安. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandarina Posted February 1, 2014 at 03:46 AM Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 at 03:46 AM Uf, it does sound dangerously close to 灾难 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristy26 Posted February 1, 2014 at 05:47 AM Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 at 05:47 AM Oh no. It does. funny. I guess my 老师 can chuckle when other students call me a disaster. Funny. I think I did figure out what the characters were. 爱 在安. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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