jimaras Posted June 19, 2008 at 06:35 AM Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 at 06:35 AM Hello to everybody! I am posting to tell me someone how the name " Hermione " is in chinese!!!!!!! Thank you very much to all that maybe reply to my request! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted June 19, 2008 at 09:22 AM Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 at 09:22 AM This site says it's either 赫敏 Hèmǐn (on the mainland) or 妙麗 Miàolì (in Taiwan). That is assuming you mean the Harry Potter character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimaras Posted June 19, 2008 at 01:13 PM Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 at 01:13 PM thnx Lu for your answer! But, i found in chinesenames.org this answer: Are these letters mean Hermione in Chinese or not? And if the aren't, what do they mean? thanks again for your answer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted June 19, 2008 at 03:04 PM Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 at 03:04 PM You can't really translate English names to Chinese names. Have a read of this and this to get an idea of why. The above characters approximate the pronunciation of Hermione (He mai er ni), but definitely do not mean Hermione. The names Lu mentioned, don't mean "Hermione" either, they were just the ones used by the Harry Potter character in the Chinese versions of the Harry Potter books on mainland China and Taiwan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted June 19, 2008 at 03:32 PM Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 at 03:32 PM Think of it like this: "Her, me, oh, knee" The pronunciation is "Hermione", but there is no meaning -- the name "Hermione" has nothing to do with me, or with her, or with my knee. This is exactly like the automatically generated name you posted, which means "awe-inspiring, wheat, thus, nun", but kind of roughly almost sounds like "Hermione". When you "translate" names into Chinese, this is what you deal with -- you have to approximate the sound by using similar-sounding words with completely different meanings. The Chinese translators have used a different transliteration for the character's name, and it will almost certainly be better to use one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimaras Posted June 19, 2008 at 04:23 PM Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 at 04:23 PM so... Finally, which are the letters that are most close to word Hermione ??? Plz, let me know because i want to use this name (Hermione or Ερμιόνη) for a tattoo i want to make on my body ;), so as you see, it is very special and especial the reason i want to know exactly the chinese letters of this name! P.s: I am Greek, and tha greek name i want to use (for tattoo) is Ερμιόνη . Hermione is the english version of Ερμιόνη (Hermione-English = Ερμιόνη-Greek). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted June 19, 2008 at 04:35 PM Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 at 04:35 PM There is no one Chinese translation for the word Hermione (have another read of the threads I linked to above). All that exists are transliterations like in the image you provided from chinese-names.org. It sounds like He mai er ni, but has the nonsense meaning of "awe-inspiring, wheat, thus, nun". Any other combination of characters that sound like Hermione will also have similar nonsense meanings. If this name is special to you, then I would avoid getting it tattooed in Chinese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
self-taught-mba Posted June 19, 2008 at 04:39 PM Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 at 04:39 PM You ought to be very careful or you might get some tattoo guy that looks for something that sounds close and looks up a similar sounding word and gets the translation. Then he comes back with: 激素 jīsù Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted June 19, 2008 at 05:34 PM Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 at 05:34 PM Plz, let me know because i want to use this name (Hermione or Ερμιόνη) for a tattoo i want to make on my body ;), so as you see, it is very special and especial the reason i want to know exactly the chinese letters of this name! It's impossible to write "Ερμιόνη" using Chinese characters. It's possible to fumble together some combination of words which sound roughly like Ερμιόνη if a Mandarin speaker were to read those words out-loud. If you really consider this name special and important, you shouldn't tattoo Chinese characters on yourself because, although they will LOOK pretty, they will have a silly meaning and they will sound silly. This is almost always true, and especially true in this case. Either tattoo it in Greek characters, which would perfectly capture both the meaning and the sound of the name, or get some cool Chinese character which expresses some concept dear to you. Alternatively, you can tattoo the transliteration you got from the internet (he mai er ni), but be aware that it will look silly to anyone who can actually read Chinese characters (like a Chinese, Korean or Japanese person). It will look pretty, but it will not be special, and definitely won't be exact, because such a thing is impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimaras Posted June 19, 2008 at 05:50 PM Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 at 05:50 PM Thank you all guys! Thank you very much for your help! Anything you want to know about Greece, just sent me e-mail! Kissess from beautiful Greece (especially from Thessaloniki, in north Greece) ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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