Choosing auspicious Chinese names = 名字



Digitised Book 216.73.216.191 (0)

1988

Choosing auspicious Chinese names = 名字

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This book discusses how to choose an appropriate and auspicious Chinese name. Various reliable reference sources on Chinese names have established that it is based on yin-yang, the Five Elements, total number of strokes in the full name

Subjects

Names, Chinese Names, Personal--Chinese Names, Personal--Pronunciation

Categories

Heritage and Culture

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Additional Details

Title
Choosing auspicious Chinese names = 名字
Creators
  • Lip, Evelyn
Subject
  • Names, Chinese
  • Names, Personal--Chinese
  • Names, Personal--Pronunciation
Publisher
  • Times Books International, 1988
  • National Library Board Singapore, 1988
Digital Description
application/pdf, ill.
Table of Contents
  • Preface -- 1. Names and their significance -- 2. The Yin-Yang of names -- 3. Names and the five elements -- 4. The character of a name -- 5. Chinese equivalents of English names -- 6. Eight characters -- 7. The Chinese horoscope -- 8. Choosing an auspicious Chinese name -- A Hanyu pinyin reference for names -- Bibliography.
Copyright
  • All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.