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by bubdub
Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:45 pm
Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
Topic: Translate a romanized Fukien/Hokkien name into chinese
Replies: 2
Views: 10466

Translate a romanized Fukien/Hokkien name into chinese

My background is Chinese Indonesian and according to what I have been told my family spoke the Fukien/Hokkien dialect of chinese. My wife speaks cantonese and we would like to give our daughter a chinese name, but I can't give her the chinese character for my last name. What I am looking for a trans...
by bubdub
Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:35 pm
Forum: Translations & Chinese/English names
Topic: Translate a romanized Fukien/Hokkien name into chinese
Replies: 1
Views: 7984

Translate a romanized Fukien/Hokkien name into chinese

My background is Chinese Indonesian and according to what I have been told my family spoke the Fukien/Hokkien dialect of chinese. What I am looking for a translation of my romanized chinese last name Tjiam into the appropriate chinese character. My pretty much pronounce it as it is written, but it i...