Saturday, June 14, 2008

Vietnamese Name in Chinese Characters

vinhlong -
I was wondering if anyone could help me translate the following vietnamese name "Bao Uyen" into Chinese.

I actually have little idea of the meaning. I think it was supposed to mean something like "preserve wisdom" But I can't find any character combination that matches this meaning.

Thanks in advance.

Vinh Long

nnt -
Bảo Uyên: 保淵 (渊 simplified character)


There is a Chinese-Vietnamese on-line dictionary here:

http://www27.brinkster.com/hanosoft/

and here:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/dang.tk/langues/hanviet.htm

You should find the meaning easily...
nnt -
In the previous transcription Bảo Uyên: 保淵, bảo 保 means to protect, to preserve, as in bảo vệ 保衛 bao3 wei4 (simplified 卫 ) , and uyên 淵 yuan1 (simplified 渊) means deep pool (noun) or deep, profound (adjective) as in uyên thâm 淵(渊)深 yuan1 shen1.
There is another possibility for bảo, if you are not sure of the actual meaning is "to preserve". It's bảo 寶 bao3 (precious, treasure) as in bảo bối 寶貝 (宝贝) bao3 bei4 (Sure you know "Shanghai baby"! ).
Both transcriptions are possible.
vinhlong -
Thank you very much for your quick reply NNT! You really helped me out here!

I didn't make the connection between "deep" and "wisdom".

Thanks again!
russianborn2906 -
Anyone would help me to translate this name into chinese :
Nguyen Lie^n Hu)o)ng
And I'm so sorry I don't have Vkey
HashiriKata -
Nguyen Lien Huong =
阮莲香 (Ruǎn Liánxiāng)

"Lian xiang" means "Lotus Fragrance", and that is my best guess for "Lien Huong", but I could be wrong unless you tell me what "Lien Huong" is intended to mean in Vietnamese.
russianborn2906 -
@HashiriKata:
You are spot on! Lien Huong means Lotus Fragrance in Vietnamese.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

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Forum: Speaking and Listening 30th April 2004, 11:47 PM

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sure, your writing is a living proof. :mrgreen:...

sure, your writing is a living proof. :mrgreen:
joking. BTW, could you pls kindly to explain to our native fellow and foreign friends what does
the 干 mean here?
is that was just[A] character had...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 28th April 2004, 02:57 AM

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yeah, agree, i m waiting for it too. 8) i'm...

yeah, agree, i m waiting for it too. 8)

i'm just wondering without andio data, how can we get the right ancient pronunciation?
莫非有古人“投胎转世”? :mrgreen: there are several books talking about...

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抱歉我没交代清楚,同时拜托别开国际玩笑,地道中国土著会不懂中文吗?
:conf ...

抱歉我没交代清楚,同时拜托别开国际玩笑,地道中国土著会不懂中文吗?
:conf 你以为我也受外族影响,语言退化了啊?:mrgreen: :wink:
sorry for that i didnt make myself...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 26th April 2004, 04:23 PM

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it could be in Vienam and Korea, but why japan?...

it could be in Vienam and Korea, but why japan? ppl in india have to speak english before, but why
Germany?

sure without 儿, as
1/ they didnt adopt mandarin
2/ they couldnt pronounce R, that's why...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 26th April 2004, 03:59 PM

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that explains, ala! i dont know any japanese,...

that explains, ala!

i dont know any japanese, but according to the chinse characters in it, and the net translater's
rerult, they adopted characters from 百済 in the first place, as everyone knows, 百済...

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you mean the natural selections might never...

you mean the natural selections might never happened in no man's islands?

Forum: Speaking and Listening 26th April 2004, 03:35 PM

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come on! then, where were the beijing/north local...

come on! then, where were the beijing/north local ppl? you mean they all die? or up to ppl from
everywhere to change their accent? pls notice this, there were no broadcast and TV stations in
ancient,...

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yeah, quest, that's a point from an impersonal...

yeah, quest, that's a point from an impersonal perspective.
(but does british have influenced HKers cantonese accent? or the older one, Macao people's accent
have been influenced by Portuguese?...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 9th April 2004, 10:45 PM

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50% agree, but don't you think there could have...

50% agree, but don't you think there could have been other possibilities?

1.they just adopt Chinese writing system, but not the pronunciation system. e.g. Vietnam using
Latin alphabets right now,...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 9th April 2004, 12:02 PM

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ok, eric, lets agree to disagree, i just want to...

ok, eric, lets agree to disagree, i just want to mention one point BTW, the poem wroten in 楚语

Forum: Speaking and Listening 9th April 2004, 11:55 AM

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ala then where the origninal north han chinese...

ala

then where the origninal north han chinese went? i mean the 燕? do you mean they had been
influenced by 洋鬼子, and speaking chinese just like foreign accent? they couldnt do a good job
at chinese,...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 9th April 2004, 02:53 AM

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BTW, the poem has no problem, but the poet's name...

BTW, the poem has no problem, but the poet's name is not correct. SB xiang4 yu3, not xiang1 yu4.
also, if you heard that sounds more softer is not a right feeling, xiang yu 是豪放派诗人,
this poem has no...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 9th April 2004, 02:25 AM

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it may be, but dont forget that, boy, 项羽 is 西楚霸王,...

it may be, but dont forget that, boy, 项羽 is 西楚霸王, and 楚 is nearby today's 湖北,
楚、越、吴语are both south dialects.

And here we can find something could be useful right now, as you know, in史记 or 汉书, we...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 9th April 2004, 01:30 AM

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oh,really then how come i think they sound better...

oh,really then how come i think they sound better in mandarin? i think sometimes changing
ourselve's perspective is very important. :conf

Forum: Speaking and Listening 9th April 2004, 01:23 AM

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ok, i temporarily agree with you unless i found...

ok, i temporarily agree with you unless i found new evidences. i have also read a taiwanese
scholars paper, he thought that the sourth dialets are more similar with the ancient chinese than
mandarin....

Forum: Speaking and Listening 8th April 2004, 03:55 PM

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in addition
约七十万年前:朝鲜半岛开始有人类定居。 ...

in addition

约七十万年前:朝鲜半岛开始有人类定居。
公元前2333年:传说中的檀君王俭建立古朝鲜国。
约3000年前:殷商贵族箕子率众来到朝鲜半岛,建立朝鲜半岛历史上的第一个
信史记载王朝“箕子朝鲜”。...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 8th April 2004, 02:50 PM

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從朝鮮的歷史來看,西元前108年,漢武帝將衛氏的朝鮮(由燕國的亡命者衛�
��所建)滅掉,並設置樂浪等四個...

從朝鮮的歷史來看,西元前108年,漢武帝將衛氏的朝鮮(由燕國的亡命者衛�
��所建)滅掉,並設置樂浪等四個郡。西元前57年新羅建國,前37年高句麗建�
��,前18年百濟建國,當時漢字傳入朝鮮半島,也是儒學思想傳入的時期。高
句麗在小獸林王2年(372年)設立大學。百濟也在近肖古王在位(346~375年)
時設置博士。新羅在統一三國後,於神文王2年(682年)創立國學,之後派遣
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Good points. I've had an urge to criticize the method a few times, but I get such intense negative
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Just curious - is this (http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/about/overview-page/) language
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Maybe. But why can't someone make good instructional language video that has adult content? This
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