Meaning Of Chinese Names In English

The family name is the first character and the remaining two characters are the given name.

Meaning of chinese names in english. An english translation is created by using sounds similar to the chinese characters. However this doesn t necessarily mean that the meaning of the name is a combination of the two characters. Wang 王 li 李 zhang 张 liu 刘 chen 陈 yang 杨 huang 黄 zhao 赵 wu 吴.

From chinese 白 meaning white pure 百 meaning one hundred many or 柏 meaning cypress tree cedar which is usually only masculine. English names can be translated into chinese in the same way however characters in chinese are often chosen based on meaning not just pronunciation as some characters put together form negative combinations. Mingmei bright and beautiful girl.

The family name is the first character followed by the given name. Parents often assign a chinese name to their son with meaning. Here are the most common chinese names in china.

There are many standard name translations in chinese for typical english names. Meanings of names are very significant to the chinese people. For example amy is usually 艾美 ài měi and david is usually 大卫 dà wèi.

Chinese names are usually made up of three characters. Other chinese characters can form this name as well. Most chinese characters have a meaning that can be translated into english but chinese names are often not fully translatable.

The english names chinese people take are not usually a translation of the meaning of their chinese name though it could be such as flying snow 飞雪 fēixuě the fictional character in hero but the names often have a semblance of the pronunciation. Since many given names have two syllables two chinese characters may be combined to form the name of a child. This name was borne in the 8th century by the tang dynasty poet li bai whose given was 白.