Monday, January 29, 2007

Pui Fun's name in Chinese


Hi Sarah and Gary. here is how stella's chinese name is written in chinese. the spelling given is phoneticised cantonese: "pui fun". the other version "pei fen" is in mandarin, and written in pinyin, the international standard for phoneticised chinese. as you can see, it is a lovely name: esteemed fragrance. add to this thought other associated ideas and you have possibilities like "reputation, honour, sweetness of nature, achievement and success". why is this? the idea of "fragrance" is that it travels in the air, unbounded. so stella has it in her charts to touch others. add the idea of "stella" which means star, and the idea of reputation and honour and inspiration is affirmed even more positively. stars shine and always guide. these are just a few thoughts...

1 comment:

Sarah said...

Thanks, ket for the characters, and especially for the thoughtful comments. We thought long and hard about naming her Stella, and I love the link you have made with Pui Fun.

A friend who is into astrology got her charts done, and said that she will be spiritual...

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