Kimberley-1989 Posted August 24, 2008 at 11:44 PM Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 at 11:44 PM Can someone please help me and tell me honestly what this means... Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon6969 Posted August 25, 2008 at 07:01 AM Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 at 07:01 AM It's a transliteration of the English name "Daniel". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley-1989 Posted August 25, 2008 at 12:40 PM Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 at 12:40 PM Thankyou, I look this up so much before getting this done, then after I had it done I had people telling me it does not say Daniel at all. Thankyou. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted August 26, 2008 at 06:06 AM Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 at 06:06 AM (edited) Technically, it doesn't say Daniel. It says Dan ni er, and doesn't make any real sense in Chinese. Have a read of this post to understand why. Anyway, there is no word for "Daniel" in Chinese. All you have is a bunch of characters that sound approximately like Daniel. Imagine in English you have the words Day, Knee, and All. When you put them all together you have DayKneeAll which sounds a bit like Daniel. That's essentially what you've done with the Chinese characters. Edited August 26, 2008 at 06:17 AM by imron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmck Posted August 26, 2008 at 10:03 AM Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 at 10:03 AM It is often the case when names are translated into Chinese that they are only translated phonetically, this is nearly always the case with country names for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley-1989 Posted August 26, 2008 at 12:45 PM Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 at 12:45 PM Oh right I get it. Well the guy is an 8th Chinese and when he saw it he said it was right as he's known how to spell his name in Chinese since he was 4, but when he showed it to his gran (who is Chinese) she could not understand it. Now I see why, thankyou. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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