Hi everyone,
Can someone please help me translate this character 颖 to Hokkien?
Thanks!
颖 = "ing" in hokkien (similar to the pronunciation of "英 ing")
Translation of Chinese name to Hokkien speech
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Posted 19 November 2008 - 01:00 AM
颖 = "ing" in hokkien (similar to the pronunciation of "英 ing")
"夫君子之行：靜以修身，儉以養德；非淡泊無以明志，非寧靜無以致遠。" - 諸葛亮
One should seek serenity to cultivate the body, thriftiness to cultivate the morals. If you are not simple and frugal, your ambition will not sparkle. If you are not calm and cool, you will not reach far. - Zhugeliang
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Posted 05 October 2009 - 11:05 AM
hi, I would like to know how to read these names in hokkien, since my family only understand hokkien orally not in writing @.@
basically my grandparents came from XiaMen, so I want to know how to read it based on their hometown, thank you so much.
吴宏一
吴开连
吴嘉芬
basically my grandparents came from XiaMen, so I want to know how to read it based on their hometown, thank you so much.
吴宏一
吴开连
吴嘉芬
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Posted 05 October 2009 - 10:00 PM
hi, I would like to know how to read these names in hokkien, since my family only understand hokkien orally not in writing @.@
basically my grandparents came from XiaMen, so I want to know how to read it based on their hometown, thank you so much.
吴宏一
吴开连
吴嘉芬
Amoy (Xiamen) Hokkien transliteration as follow:
吴宏一 : Ngoo Hong It
吴开连 : Ngoo Khai Lian
吴嘉芬 : Ngoo Ka Hun
Note that in Singapore/Malaysia, 吴 is often transliterated as "Goh" in Hokkien
"夫君子之行：靜以修身，儉以養德；非淡泊無以明志，非寧靜無以致遠。" - 諸葛亮
One should seek serenity to cultivate the body, thriftiness to cultivate the morals. If you are not simple and frugal, your ambition will not sparkle. If you are not calm and cool, you will not reach far. - Zhugeliang
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Posted 05 October 2009 - 10:29 PM
Amoy (Xiamen) Hokkien transliteration as follow:
吴宏一 : Ngoo Hong It
吴开连 : Ngoo Khai Lian
吴嘉芬 : Ngoo Ka Hun
Note that in Singapore/Malaysia, 吴 is often transliterated as "Goh" in Hokkien
thanks, and in my country, 吴 is referred as "Go"
anyway, the translation is not too different from the mandarin, isn't it?
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Posted 23 February 2010 - 01:51 AM
thanks, and in my country, 吴 is referred as "Go"
anyway, the translation is not too different from the mandarin, isn't it?
There are different types of romanization for Hokkien. In Singapore or Malaysia, there is actually no standard for romanization.
In Taiwan, "Peh Oe Ji" (POJ) , a form of Hokkien romanization invented by western missionary in 19th century Amoy (Xiamen), used to be quite popular. But Taiwan has developed many romanization methods such a TPLA, Tong-yong, Tai-lo. Currently, Taiwan's ministry of education tends to use Tai-lo. Personally, I prefer Tai-lo.
"夫君子之行：靜以修身，儉以養德；非淡泊無以明志，非寧靜無以致遠。" - 諸葛亮
One should seek serenity to cultivate the body, thriftiness to cultivate the morals. If you are not simple and frugal, your ambition will not sparkle. If you are not calm and cool, you will not reach far. - Zhugeliang
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Posted 04 April 2010 - 10:41 AM
hi,
can help me to translate my gal name...
曾馨瑶 zeng xin yao
to Hokkien and teochew.
can help me to translate my gal name...
曾馨瑶 zeng xin yao
to Hokkien and teochew.
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Posted 04 April 2010 - 07:14 PM
hi,
can help me to translate my gal name...
曾馨瑶 zeng xin yao
to Hokkien and teochew.
Teochew: zang heng iau.
Romanized it and it will become -- Chan Heng Yao
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Posted 04 April 2010 - 10:55 PM
Teochew: zang heng iau.
Romanized it and it will become -- Chan Heng Yao
Hi, Thanks...
cos her daddy dialect Zeng is Chang in english
but how abt hokkien translaction?
can help, please.
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Posted 04 April 2010 - 11:10 PM
Hi, Thanks...
cos her daddy dialect Zeng is Chang in english
but how abt hokkien translaction?
can help, please.
Hokkien I am not sure though.
Quanzhou Dialect is -- zan hing iao
Romanize it and it will become Chan Hing Yao
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Posted 05 April 2010 - 06:32 AM
Some dialects of Hokkien uses "-eng" in place of "-ing".
If your area is dominated by "eng" variety then you should use "heng" in place of "hing" (the 2 are not distinctive in Hokkien, but can cause different Romanization).
You can see it as well from the Romanization of personal names like 永, 明, 興, 龍.
I haven't seen too many Hokkien names, but I have always found "-eng" variety in overseas.
If your area is dominated by "eng" variety then you should use "heng" in place of "hing" (the 2 are not distinctive in Hokkien, but can cause different Romanization).
You can see it as well from the Romanization of personal names like 永, 明, 興, 龍.
I haven't seen too many Hokkien names, but I have always found "-eng" variety in overseas.
Edited by qrasy, 05 April 2010 - 06:40 AM.
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Posted 06 April 2010 - 06:17 AM
Hi, Thanks...
cos her daddy dialect Zeng is Chang in english
but how abt hokkien translaction?
曾- Can/Zan
The proper romanisation is Can but since her daddy, so it is better to follow Chang. Ch-ang is usually pronounced as Ch which is wrong and the ending consonant is also wrong ie. should be n instead of ng. But if you shorten to Chan , then it sounds like jacky chan which is also wrong.
馨 - Hing
瑶 - Yiau (actually Y is missing but it looks strange Iau)
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Posted 06 April 2010 - 08:45 PM
曾- Can/Zan
The proper romanisation is Can but since her daddy, so it is better to follow Chang. Ch-ang is usually pronounced as Ch which is wrong and the ending consonant is also wrong ie. should be n instead of ng. But if you shorten to Chan , then it sounds like jacky chan which is also wrong.
馨 - Hing
瑶 - Yiau (actually Y is missing but it looks strange Iau)
In Teochew, Hokkien, I = Y
Iau = Yao
Y is not missing anyway, since there is no Y in Teochew Peng'Im or Hokkien Peh-oe-ji
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Posted 06 April 2010 - 09:45 PM
In Teochew, Hokkien, I = Y
Iau = Yao
Y is not missing anyway, since there is no Y in Teochew Peng'Im or Hokkien Peh-oe-ji
There is no Y consonant in minnan dialects, but we can approximate the sound of I with Y for convenience sake.
Therefore, Yau is acceptable.
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Posted 06 April 2010 - 10:17 PM
There is no Y consonant in minnan dialects, but we can approximate the sound of I with Y for convenience sake.
Therefore, Yau is acceptable.
Yes, you are correct.
But 'Yau' sounds weird. It looks like a Cantonese writing (because of the last letter 'u')
Yao is more acceptable, since abc81 wanted Teochew and Hokkien translations
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Posted 06 April 2010 - 10:20 PM
曾- Can/Zan
The proper romanisation is Can but since her daddy, so it is better to follow Chang. Ch-ang is usually pronounced as Ch which is wrong and the ending consonant is also wrong ie. should be n instead of ng. But if you shorten to Chan , then it sounds like jacky chan which is also wrong.
For surname, 曾 is pronounced as Zan.
Romanized it, 'Z' becomes 'Ch', but I doubt people know it since they will pronounce the 'Ch' sound instead of 'Z' sound
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