CHINESE NAMES AND THEIR MEANINGS.
To most people Chinese names are Aery confusing. liiit they are simplified if you ran remember t! 1a t — ho. kiaiiL' and koncr .i-l moan river chan, shan, and ling all mean mountain. pc. nan. t«n? (o r tun;r i and si are tlie points of the com pa.--, north, south east and west. hwanir (or hoan-i is yellow, the special colour of China. pri i,- w 11"tn. fu lor f..... and ki„ o, king, mean town court. liai is sea. and cliian iSo IV-lin- iiican- northern mountain-. and P'kin-. iK-r:ii. -i, r-„pi ta ] or court: Xa-i-!m- ni-an- jt,n mountain-: and Xankinsr n rourt or capital. Hwang ho i- vei; rive' Why not memori-e (hi- H-; ? You .•on!] then t-->i] yotir t-i-ti-l- the meaning h! Kr-li-h of many of the names on voiir inao of ( hina.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 226, 24 September 1938, Page 24 (Supplement)
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