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- Sat Sep 11, 2010 7:04 pm
- Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
- Topic: Help Translating Hokkien Name to Mandarin
- Replies: 2
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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...
- 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...