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by jossy
Sat Sep 11, 2010 7:04 pm
Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
Topic: Help Translating Hokkien Name to Mandarin
Replies: 2
Views: 9850

Re: Help Translating Hokkien Name to Mandarin

Firstly, thank you for such a quick response! Secondly, I think my brain wasn't functioning very well at 3am. :P I completely understand that Hokkien and Mandarin are both Chinese languages. Without knowing the characters I had only the romanzied version of the former but no way of knowing the pronu...
by jossy
Sat Sep 11, 2010 11:31 am
Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
Topic: Help Translating Hokkien Name to Mandarin
Replies: 2
Views: 9850

Help Translating Hokkien Name to Mandarin

Hello all, I would really, truly appreciate any help translating the my grandfather's Hokkien surname, Pua, into Mandarin. I've tried the very helpful Wikipedia article (it helped me identify my grandmother's family name) but it seems Pua isn't listed, I did see Phua though. If possible is there a t...