xniteshadwx Posted May 30, 2004 at 06:45 PM Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 at 06:45 PM Hi, This is rather a simple question, well I hope! I'm wondering what is the meaning behind friends names. I'm just begnning to study Chinese and I'm just really curious what do their names mean. I've known them for a while and well I hope it would be a bit of a suprise to tell them that I know what they mean. I would greatly appreciate any help. Their names are: Pit Yee Pit Ting Thank you again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quest Posted May 30, 2004 at 10:32 PM Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 at 10:32 PM Are your friends Cantonese? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted May 30, 2004 at 10:34 PM Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 at 10:34 PM They look like Cantonese given names for girls. But there are only a few words in Cantonese which are pronounced as "pit", and they are not used in names. I suspect it should be 'kit" instead. If it is "kit", then most likely the character is 潔, meaning clean. The two names can be - Kit Yee - 潔儀 - clean and graceful OR - 潔怡 - clean and happy OR - 潔宜 - clean and pleasing Kit Ting - 潔婷 - clean and good looking/beautiful But "kit" could also be "杰" or "傑", meaning outstanding, which are usually used in names for male. So it would help to know if your friends are male or female. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xniteshadwx Posted May 30, 2004 at 10:49 PM Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 at 10:49 PM Thank you for the help. Both of the names are of girls. I don't think they are Cantonese names, but then again, its a possiblity. Well they write their names, in English they write their names Pit Ting and Pit Yee...both girls. As far as I know they are from Hong Kong but if it matters, I'll try finding out. Thank you again. If I recall correctly, for Pit Yee, one of the names means happy? If that's any help.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xniteshadwx Posted May 31, 2004 at 01:52 AM Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 at 01:52 AM Yes, the names are Cantonese!...and she said that its not Kit...someone says that the Pit means beautiful and pretty? So would Yee be (if the Pit is correct) if its also pronounced the same way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazu Posted May 31, 2004 at 02:23 AM Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 at 02:23 AM If it means "beautiful", I think it should be "pik" (碧), as in the Beck in Beckham (碧鹹蟲.... oh no, should be "碧咸") It means shine, beautiful, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nnt Posted May 31, 2004 at 05:23 AM Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 at 05:23 AM Something interesting here (Big5 code): http://homepage.mac.com/yung/cantonim/codetable.html pit 撇,潎,徶,嫳,氕,瞥,覕 yee 二,貳,兒,已,以,易,而,意,義,宜,誼,咦,姨,儀,議,懿,疑,擬,異,耳,爾,移,怡,頤,倚,椅,綺,衣,依,伊,醫,皚,勩,褘,杝,儿,猗,荑,羡,飴,痍,禕,侇,佁,嶷,貽,矣,胰,猗,彝 kit 揭,蠍,詰,契,羯,頡,遏,挈,擷,黠,鍥,朅,劼,孑,奊,謁,堨,嵑,纈,襭,碣,竭,偈,訐,蛣,絜,楬 ting 聽,廳,停,廷,挺,庭,亭,婷,,蜓,艇,霆,濎,汀,町,圢,朾,鋌,頲,侹,莛,脡,梃,桯,鼮,烴,珽,綎,葶,筳,渟,楟 Just try the combinations... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
林彪 Posted June 1, 2004 at 01:50 AM Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 at 01:50 AM Ai yah.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quest Posted June 1, 2004 at 03:24 AM Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 at 03:24 AM xniteshadwx, we can guess but we can't be sure until we see the actual Chinese characters, there are too many possibilities. But even if we see the characters, only their parents would know the true meaning of their names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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