New Members WeiTing Posted February 11, 2015 at 03:37 AM New Members Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 at 03:37 AM 大家好！I know every 中文名字有两个汉子 and the name often has a symbolic meaning or something like that. What does the name 威廷 mean? I know 威 means powerful of strong but what does 廷 mean? 谢谢你！ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted February 11, 2015 at 06:06 AM Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 at 06:06 AM "I know every 中文名字有两个汉子" I don't think so. You might wish to check what that Chinese sentence means. You could check the meanings of words using this tool - http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members WeiTing Posted February 11, 2015 at 06:17 AM Author New Members Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 at 06:17 AM I wasn't asking for critique on the sentence. Chill out I am new to Mandarin. Maybe you could be more helpful and say what is so wrong? Or help me with my actual question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members WeiTing Posted February 11, 2015 at 06:22 AM Author New Members Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 at 06:22 AM And any way its just one slight character difference. 汉子 is the first thing that came up on my keyboard and by accident I picked it. I know they're completely different words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiana Posted February 11, 2015 at 08:02 AM Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 at 08:02 AM Not that one, Weiting. I think this "两个" is where skylee wanted you to check. Have another go Also, try the website skylee suggested to find out about 廷 in 威廷. It's easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liuzhou Posted February 11, 2015 at 08:50 AM Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 at 08:50 AM Anyway, not all Chinese given names are two characters. Some are only one. As my dear friend, 李美 can confirm as could my ex-wife, her sister and brother who all have one character given names.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonic_Duck Posted February 11, 2015 at 03:33 PM Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 at 03:33 PM I wasn't asking for critique on the sentence. Chill out I am new to Mandarin. Maybe you could be more helpful and say what is so wrong? Or help me with my actual question. You won't get very far with Mandarin if you refuse to accept people correcting you (even if the correction is given as a hint, which is a pretty damn well-established pedagogical technique). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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