Tuesday, October 19, 2004

What's In A Name?


We learned each others Chinese name. And this is what I got from looking up her name in the Chinese dictionary (http://www.zhongwen.com/)

/he/
Person + Exhaling. Used in question words like who, where, why, what kind, etc.

/sheng/
Hears + Reports. Used in words like sacred, christmas, bible.

/en/
Heart's Reason. Used in feeling expression: marital love, favor, grace, kindness, charity, gratitude, etc.

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