Day 87 - Birthday, Elements, and the Chinese Zodiac
Today we talk more about how Chinese children were/are named. We will talk about how important a child’s birthday was in deciding the best name for the child, as well as the five elements and the Chinese Zodiac.
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Chinese: 起名
COE: Give name
Pinyin: Gǐ míng.
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Chinese: 年，月，日，小时
English: Year, Month, day, hour
Pinyin: Nián, yuè, rì, xiǎoshí
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Chinese: 农历
English: Lunar calendar
Pinyin: Nónglì
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Chinese: 辈份
English: Generation
Pinyin: Bèi fèn
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Chinese: 上一辈
English: Last generation
Pinyin: Shàng yí bèi
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Chinese:下一辈
English: Next generation.
Pinyin: Xià yí bèi
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Chinese: 五行
COE: Five element
Pinyin: Wǔxíng
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Chinese: 金 木 水 火 土
English: Gold wood water fire earth
Pinyin: Jīn mù shuǐ huǒ tǔ
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Examples:
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A: 你叫什么名字？(Nǐ jiào shénme míngzì?)
[What’s your name?]
B: 我叫甜美。
[Wǒ jiào Tiánměi.]
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哪年? 哪月? 哪日? (Nǎ nián? nǎ yuè? nǎ rì?)
[Which year? which month? which day?]
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A: 你是哪年出生的？(Nǐ shì nǎ nián chūshēng de?)
[Which year were you born？]
B: 一九八八。（Yī jiǔ bā bā.）
[1988.]
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你是龙年出生的。(Nǐ shì lóngnián chūshēng de.)
[You were born in the year of dragon.]
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A：甜美，你是哪年出生的？(Tiánměi nǐ shì nǎ nián chūshēng de?)
[Tianmei, which year were you born?]
B：一九八七。（Yī jiǔ bā qī.）
[1987.]
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我属鸡，你属龙，你属兔。(Wǒ shǔ jī, nǐ shǔ lóng, nǐ shǔ tù.)
[I belong to chicken, you belong to dragon, and you belong to rabbit.]
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A：刘老师，你是哪年出生的？(Liú lǎoshī, nǐ shì nǎ nián chūshēng？)
[Teacher Liu, Which year were you born?]
B：我属羊，你猜猜？(Wǒ shǔ yáng, nǐ cāi cāi?)
[I belong to sheep, can you guess which year I was born?]
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你属什么？(Nǐ shǔ
shénme?)
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你多大年纪了？(Nǐ duōdà niánjì le?)
[How old are you?]
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A :谢谢你们，再见！(Xièxie nǐmen, zàijiàn!)
[Thank you! Bye!]
B: 再见！(Zàijiàn!)
[Bye!]
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Posted by stephen on November 13th, 2007 filed in Podcasts
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